[stormer]

I hate to break it to you, but they’ve been speaking Spanish in Texas a hell of a lot longer than English...

[bunkerhill7]

I hate to break it to you, but they’ve been speaking Caddoan in Texas a hell of a lot longer than Spanish.

Texas” comes from a Caddoan Indian word. It is a Spanish corruption of the Caddo word Taysha, which means “friend.”