Where does “Zamboanga del Norte” come from?

Zamboanga del Norte (Spanish) comes from Spanish norte, from French Nord, from Middle French nord, from Old French nort, from Old English norþ, from Proto-Germanic nurþrą, from Proto-Germanic nurþraz, from Proto-Indo-European *nér — below the surface, below.

Ancestry of “Zamboanga del Norte”, step by step

Zamboanga del Norte traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish norte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishnortenorth, northern; north; north wind
2FrenchNordnorth
3Middle Frenchnordnorth
4Old Frenchnortnorth
5Old Englishnorþnorth
6Proto-Germanicnurþrąnorth, northern; north, northward
7Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
8Proto-Indo-European*nérbelow the surface, below

via English Zamboanga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishZamboangaThe Republic of Zamboanga, a short-lived revolutionary republic, founded after the collapse of Spanish colonial rule in the Philippines, existing between May and November 1899

via Spanish dél

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishdélof him, from him
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *nér →Every word from Proto-Germanic nurþraz →Every word from Proto-Germanic nurþrą →