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Where does “Timong” come from?

Timong (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog Timoteo, from Spanish Timoteo, from Latin Timotheus, from Ancient Greek Τιμόθεος, from Ancient Greek Θεός, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Ancestry of “Timong”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagalogTimoteo—
2SpanishTimoteo—
3LatinTimotheusTimothy
4Ancient GreekΤιμόθεος—
5Ancient GreekΘεόςGod
6Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
7Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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