Etymology

Jicarilla

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Today it means: A Southern Athabascan (Native American) people. Full definition →

Spanish jicarilla ← Nahuatl xicalli
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The story

  1. Nahuatl · derived fromxicalli
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromjicarilla
  3. English todayJicarilla

Borrowed from Spanish jicarilla, diminutive of jícara, from Nahuatl xicalli.

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