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Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From cintli (“maize”) + teōtl (“deity, god”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
cinteōtl (animate)
- (he is) Cinteotl, god of maize.
1585, Bernardino de Sahagún, Kalendario mexicano, latino y castellano, f. 89r:Quarto mes delos Mexicanos llamado: Hueytoçoztli, enque hazian fiesta al dios llamado cinteotl, Dios delos maizes.- Fourth month of the Mexicans, called hueytoçoztli, in which they celebrated the god called Cinteotl, god of maize plants.