The story
- Classical Nahuatl · derived fromzōtolin“palm tree”
- Spanish · borrowed fromsotol
- English todaysotol
From Mexican Spanish sotol, from Classical Nahuatl zōtolin (“palm tree”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
sotol
Today it means: Any of several species of North American desert plants of the genus Dasylirion, of the asparagus family. Full definition →
Spanish sotol ← Classical Nahuatl zōtolin