04/07/2021
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All words ending in -tepec They are place names, that is, proper names of places. For example: Coatepec, Nopaltepec, Oaxtepec.
In this case, they are place names that describe some physical feature of the place and are Nahuatlisms (words that come from nahuatl) that were formed by adding the suffix -tepec.
This suffix has several meanings: "in the place of", "place of", "hill of", "the mountain of", among others; and add other letters in front to form the word. For example: Heretepec, Zacatepec, Ometepec.
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