The taquito or small taco was referred to in the 1917 Preliminary Glossary of New Mexico Spanish, with the word noted as a "Mexicanism" used in New Mexico.
Taquito veya küçük taco, 1917 yılında Preliminary Glossary of New Mexico Spanish adlı eserinde ilk defa New Mexico'da kullanılan "Mexicanism" ismiyle bahsi geçmiştir.