Where does “zacatecano” come from?

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

Ancestry of “zacatecano”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishZacatecas—
2Nahuatlzacatēcah—
3Nahuatlzacatlgrass
4Uto-Aztecansaka-t—
Every word from Uto-Aztecan saka-t →Every word from Nahuatl zacatl →Every word from Nahuatl zacatēcah →