Where does “Tejano” come from?
Tejano derives from Spanish tejano, which combines Texas (from English Texas, itself from Spanish Tejas) with the suffix -ana (from Italian -ana and Spanish -ana, ultimately from Latin -anus meaning "of or belonging to").
Tejano (English): A Spanish colonial settler of the region that...
Definitions
- A Spanish colonial settler of the region that...
Ancestry of “Tejano”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | tejano | Alternative spelling of texano |
| 2 | English | Texan | Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of the U.S.... |
| 3 | French | Texas | — |
| 4 | English | Texas | Several places in the United States |
| 5 | Spanish | Texas | — |
| 6 | Spanish | Tejas | — |
| 7 | Sanskrit | तेजस् | the sharp edge of a knife; the point or top of a... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | táyȷ́as | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teyg- | to be sharp; to sting |