Where does “maisan” come from?
maisan (Cebuano) comes from Atong (India) mai, from English May, from French mai, from Old French mai, from Latin Māius, from Latin Maia, from Ancient Greek μαῖα, from Ancient Greek μήτηρ — mother.
maisan (Cebuano): a field of corn; a cornfield
Definitions
- a field of corn; a cornfield
Ancestry of “maisan”, step by step
maisan traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Atong (India) mai
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atong (India) | mai | rice |
| 2 | English | May | The fifth month of the Gregorian calendar, following April and preceding June |
| 3 | French | mai | May |
| 4 | Old French | mai | — |
| 5 | Latin | Māius | “month”}} of May |
| 6 | Latin | Maia | nominative feminine singular of Maius; nominative... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μαῖα | midwife; foster mother, nurse; good mother, dame |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μήτηρ | mother; source or origin |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | mā́tēr | mother |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | méh₂tēr | mother |
via Cebuano mais
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cebuano | mais | maize; a grain crop of the species "Zea mays";... |
| 2 | Spanish | maíz | corn, maize |
| 3 | Taíno | mahís | — |
| 4 | Proto-Arawakan | marikɨ | — |
via Tagalog mais
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | mais | corn, the grain from "Zea mays" |