also according to wikipedia :/ (i'll get some creidible sources soon... i promise!)
The origin of the word is not clear. Mexican researcher Villar Raso attempted to trace the origin to 1930s and 1940s California, although most Chicanos believe the term far predates that assessment some believing it comes from Texas. Nevertheless, according to Raso, the term supposedly stems from "the inability of native Nahuatl speakers from Morelos state to refer to themselves as Mexicanos, and instead spoke of themselves as Mesheecanos, in accordance with the pronunciation rules of their language." It is also thought that the word may have roots in the term "Mejicano," an archaic Spanish and American spelling of "Mexicano," which through the last century evolved into "Jicano" or "Chicano". The pronunciation was supposedly misunderstood by some Mexican Americans, who exaggerated the sound.
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