English
Tejano
Tejano comes from Spanish texano ‘Texan’.
- Spanishc. 1500–presenttexanoas tejano‘Texan’
- Englishearliest quotation 2000Tejano
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Spanishc. 1500–presenttexanoas tejano‘Texan’
- Englishearliest quotation 2000Tejano
Earliest quotation: 2000, David Maciel, Isidro D. Ortiz: “Calderon points out as evidence an increase in Tejano…”
Every English word from Spanish texano
Today it means
noun A Spanish colonial settler of the region that later became Texas.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish texano / Tejano