Huastec
[ wahs-tek ]
/ ˈwɑs tɛk /
noun, plural Huas·tecs, (especially collectively) Huas·tec for 1.
a member of an Indian people of Mexico.
a Mayan language, the language of the Huastecs.
Origin of Huastec
1835–45; < Mexican Spanish
huasteco < Nahuatl
huāxtēcatl person from
Huāxtlān, equivalent to
huāx(in) a tropical tree that produces edible pods +
-tlān locative suffix,
-tēcatl suffix of ethnic names