Etymology Explorer › Tagalog

Where does “Orense” come from?

Orense (Tagalog) comes from Galician Ourense, from Spanish Orense, from Spanish -ense, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.

Ancestry of “Orense”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GalicianOurense—
2SpanishOrense—
3Spanish-enseUsed to create adjectives and nouns that denote...
4Latin-ensisOf or from
5Latinarvumfield; farm land
6Latincolō—
7Latinquelō—
8Proto-Italickʷelō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →