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Where does “inano” come from?

inano (Cebuano) comes from Tagalog Año, from Spanish año, from Latin ānus, from Kabuverdianu anos, from Portuguese nós, from Old Portuguese enos, from Old Portuguese os, from Vulgar Latin *lōs.

inano (Cebuano): A person with dwarfism

Definitions

  1. A person with dwarfism

Ancestry of “inano”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagalogAño—
2Spanishañoyear; age
3Latinānus—
4Kabuverdianuanoswe, first person plural
5Portuguesenóswe; us; "first-person plural objective personal...
6Old Portugueseenos—
7Old Portugueseosthe
8Vulgar Latin*lōs—
9Latinillōs—
10Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
11LatinolleArchaic form of ille
12Proto-Italic*olnos—
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