Spanish/English Words w/Nahuatl Origin

[Mel Sanchez]

The interesting thing about tiza is that it is used in Spain.  In Mexico
they use the word from Spain giz.  Does the latter come from Arabic?

John F. Schwaller wrote:
>
> Joe's list is a very good one.  One Spanish word missing is
>
> tiza (chalk) from tizatl (white stone)
>
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