Where does “coyotillo” come from?

coyotillo (English) comes from English coyote, from Spanish coyote, from Classical Nahuatl coyōtl, from Nahuatl *koyoo-tl.

coyotillo (English): A low rhamnaceous shrub of the southwestern...

Definitions

  1. A low rhamnaceous shrub of the southwestern...

Ancestry of “coyotillo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcoyote"Canis latrans", a species of canine native to...
2Spanishcoyotecoyote; fixer, middleman; a person of mixed...
3Classical Nahuatlcoyōtlcoyote
4Nahuatl*koyoo-tl—
Every word from Nahuatl *koyoo-tl →Every word from Classical Nahuatl coyōtl →Every word from Spanish coyote →
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