Where does “Veronica” come from?

Veronica (Tagalog) comes from Spanish Verónica, from Portuguese Verônica — veronica image of Jesus’s face on a cloth.

Ancestry of “Veronica”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishVerónicaBloody Mary
2PortugueseVerônicaveronica image of Jesus’s face on a cloth
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