Where does “iyong” come from?
iyong (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog iyon, from Spanish ión, from English Ion, from Romanian Ion, from French ion, from English ion, from English anion, from Ancient Greek ἀνιόν — up, upon.
Ancestry of “iyong”, step by step
iyong traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog iyon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | iyon | that far from both the speaker and the person addressed |
| 2 | Spanish | ión | ion |
| 3 | English | Ion | Son of Creusa and Xuthus, and the ancestor of Ionian people |
| 4 | Romanian | Ion | John |
| 5 | French | ion | ion |
| 6 | English | ion | An atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical... |
| 7 | English | anion | A negatively charged ion |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἀνιόν | going up |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἄνειμι | go up |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ἀνά | on board; on, upon |
| 11 | Proto-Hellenic | *aná | up, upon |