Where does “chicano” come from?

chicano (Spanish) comes from Spanish mechicano, from Spanish mexicano, from Spanish México, from Classical Nahuatl Mēxihco — Mexico.

chicano (Spanish): of Mexican descent and living in the United...

Definitions

  1. of Mexican descent and living in the United...

Ancestry of “chicano”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishmechicanoAlternative form of mexicano
2SpanishmexicanoMexican
3SpanishMéxicoMexico
4Classical NahuatlMēxihcoMexico
Every word from Classical Nahuatl MēxihcoEvery word from Spanish MéxicoEvery word from Spanish mexicano