Hardware store: The etymology of hardware store is a combination of Nahuatl and Spanish. Tlapalli means colour do and completion " would be " given to the stores where they sell a product for example papel_eria, recaud_eria, pelet_eria. And so your mix means would place where found or sold the colors.?? There is an error with the meaning of Tlapalli, by the fire; ( 41 fire liquid; This was generalized by some Spanish shops selling packaged liquid derived from petroleum and highly flammable.