Where does “mangamoy” come from?

mangamoy (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog Amoy, from English Amoy, from Chinese Ēe-mûi.

mangamoy (Tagalog): to reek; to give a strong, unpleasant smell

Definitions

  1. to reek; to give a strong, unpleasant smell

Ancestry of “mangamoy”, step by step

mangamoy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog Amoy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagalogAmoythe Hokkien language
2EnglishAmoyThe Amoy dialect of the Hokkien language
3ChineseĒe-mûi—

via Tagalog mang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogmangan informal term of address for an elderly man;...
Every word from Chinese Ēe-mûi →Every word from English Amoy →Every word from Tagalog Amoy →