English
Tico
Tico comes from Spanish tico ‘Costa Rican’.
- Spanishc. 1500–presenttico‘Costa Rican’
- Englishearliest quotation 1980Tico
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Spanishc. 1500–presenttico‘Costa Rican’
- Englishearliest quotation 1980Tico
Earliest quotation: 1980, Leonard St. Clair: “Most of the people here are from the embassies.…”
Every English word from Spanish tico
Today it means
adj Costa Rican
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish tico / Tico