texas · noun1
From the practice of naming cabins after US states, the state of Texas having been recently admitted to the Union.
Texas · proper noun2
- Caddo · derived fromtáyshaʔ“friend, ally”
- Spanish · borrowed fromTexas
- English todayTexas
Borrowed from Spanish Texas (also Tejas), from Hasinai Caddo táyshaʔ (“friend, ally”), used to refer to the Caddo nation.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.