Where does “Manilan-on” come from?

Manilan-on (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano Manila, from Spanish Manila, from Tagalog Maynila, from Tagalog may-, from Tagalog May, from English May, from French mai, from Old French mai — mother.

Manilan-on (Cebuano): resident or inhabitant of Manila

Definitions

  1. resident or inhabitant of Manila

Ancestry of “Manilan-on”, step by step

Manilan-on traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano Manila

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CebuanoManila
2SpanishManilamanila (fabric)
3TagalogMaynila
4Tagalogmay-prefix denoting existence or possession of something
5TagalogMayMay
6EnglishMayThe fifth month of the Gregorian calendar, following April and preceding June
7FrenchmaiMay
8Old Frenchmai
9LatinMāius“month”}} of May
10LatinMaianominative feminine singular of Maius; nominative...
11Ancient Greekμαῖαmidwife; foster mother, nurse; good mother, dame
12Ancient Greekμήτηρmother; source or origin
13Proto-Hellenicmā́tērmother
14Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother

via Cebuano on

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoon
Every word from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr