The story
- Spanish · derived fromajo“garlic”
- O'odham · borrowed fromoʼoho“paint”
- English todayAjo
Borrowed from O'odham oʼoho (“paint”), possibly under influence from Spanish ajo (“garlic”). The Tohono O'odham people obtained red paint pigments from the area.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.