A burrito is literally a "little donkey" — probably named for the rolled bedrolls that donkeys carried, which the stuffed tortilla resembles.
A Mexican dish consisting of a flour tortilla rolled around a filling of meat, beans, rice, cheese, and other ingredients.
From Mexican Spanish burrito, literally 'little donkey,' diminutive of burro ('donkey'), from Late Latin burricus ('small horse'). The dish may have been named because the rolled tortilla resembles a donkey's ear or the bedrolls carried by donkeys. Key roots: burricus (Late Latin: "small horse, pony"), burro (Spanish: "donkey").
A burrito literally means "little donkey" in Spanish. The exact reason is debated, but the most colorful theory credits Juan Méndez, a street vendor in Ciudad Juárez during the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920), who supposedly used a donkey to carry his food supplies and wrapped the food in tortillas to keep it warm — customers began asking for "food from the little donkey." Whether or not this origin story is true, the burrito as we know it — oversized, stuffed with rice, beans, and meat — is largely an American creation. The "Mission