Etymology

Tico

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Spanish tico
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  1. Spanish · derived fromtico
  2. English todayTico

From Spanish tico which arose from the frequent use of the diminutive suffix -tico in Costa Rica.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.