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-tEvery word from Nahuatl zacatlEvery word from Nahuatl zacatēcah