Where does “Zacatecas” come from?

Zacatecas (Spanish) comes from Nahuatl zacatēcah, from Nahuatl zacatl, from Uto-Aztecan saka-t.

Ancestry of “Zacatecas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Nahuatlzacatēcah—
2Nahuatlzacatlgrass
3Uto-Aztecansaka-t—

Words derived from “Zacatecas”

Every word from Uto-Aztecan saka-t →Every word from Nahuatl zacatl →Every word from Nahuatl zacatēcah →