Where does “mayroon” come from?
mayroon (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog May, from English May, from French mai, from Old French mai, from Latin Māius, from Latin Maia, from Ancient Greek μαῖα, from Ancient Greek μήτηρ — mother.
mayroon (Tagalog): there be; there is; there are; to have
Definitions
- there be; there is; there are; to have
Ancestry of “mayroon”, step by step
mayroon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog May
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | May | May |
| 2 | English | May | The fifth month of the Gregorian calendar, following April and preceding June |
| 3 | French | mai | May |
| 4 | Old French | mai | — |
| 5 | Latin | Māius | “month”}} of May |
| 6 | Latin | Maia | nominative feminine singular of Maius; nominative... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μαῖα | midwife; foster mother, nurse; good mother, dame |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μήτηρ | mother; source or origin |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | mā́tēr | mother |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | méh₂tēr | mother |
via Tagalog doon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | doon | there |