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Where does “Hilario” come from?

Hilario (Tagalog) comes from Spanish Hilario, from Galician Hilario, from Latin Hilarius, from Latin hilaris, from Ancient Greek ἱλαρός, from Ancient Greek ἵλαος, from Proto-Indo-European sēlh₂- — to calm, quiet, be favourable.

Ancestry of “Hilario”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishHilario—
2GalicianHilario—
3LatinHilariuscheerful, happy; Latin name of Saint Hilary of...
4Latinhilarischeerful, lively, light-hearted, merry
5Ancient Greekἱλαρόςcheerful, merry, joyous, glad, happy
6Ancient Greekἵλαοςpropitious, gracious, merciful; kind, mild,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeansēlh₂-to calm, quiet, be favourable
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