Etymology

Cazcan

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Today it means: A partly nomadic indigenous people of Mexico. Full definition →

azc-caz cazcan ← Spanish caxcanes
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The story

  1. Spanish · borrowed fromcaxcanes
  2. azc-caz · borrowed fromcazcan“there is not any”
  3. English todayCazcan

Borrowed from Cazcan cazcan (“there is not any”) (via Spanish caxcanes), the tribe's response when the Spaniards who encountered them asked for food.

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