Huastec

[ wahs-tek ]

noun

, plural Huas·tecs, (especially collectively) Huas·tec

1. a member of an Indigenous people of Mexico.
2. the Mayan language of the Huastec.

adjective

1. of or relating to the Huastec or their language.

Other Words From

• Haus·tec·an adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Huastec¹

First recorded in 1835–45; from Mexican Spanish huasteco from Nahuatl huāxtēcatl “person from Huāxtlān, ” equivalent to huāx(in), a tropical tree that produces edible pods + -tlān locative suffix + -tēcatl suffix of ethnic names