The story
- Nahuatl · derived fromnacazcolotl
- Mexican Spanish · borrowed fromcascalote
- English todaycascalote
From Mexican Spanish cascalote, nacascolote (“divi-divi”), from Nahuatl nacazcolotl (literally “twisted ear”), from nacaztli (“ear”) + colotl (“twisted”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.