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Where does “iho” come from?

iho (Tagalog) comes from Spanish hijo, from Old Spanish fijo, from Latin fīlius, from Old Latin fīlios, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁y-li-os, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.

iho (Tagalog): a boy; An older person's address to a boy

Definitions

  1. a boy; An older person's address to a boy

Ancestry of “iho”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishhijoson; child
2Old Spanishfijoson
3Latinfīlius—
4Old Latinfīlios—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁y-li-ossucker
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse
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