Where does “Mexican” come from?
Mexican comes from Spanish mexicano, formed with the Spanish suffix -ano (from Latin -anus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -ós), referring to a person or thing from Mexico.
Mexican (English): A Mexica; an Aztec; The Nahuatl language; A...
Definitions
- A Mexica; an Aztec; The Nahuatl language; A...
Ancestry of “Mexican”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Czech | -an | Forms nouns, including inhabitant names |
| 2 | Old Czech | -ěnín | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -janinъ | Creates male dweller terms from toponyms or place... |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -inъ | -ine; Creates singulatives, mostly with... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
Words derived from “Mexican”