Where does “parang” come from?
parang (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog para, from Spanish pará, from Spanish pora, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
parang (Tagalog): meadow; like
Definitions
- meadow; like
Ancestry of “parang”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | para | For; so; in order that; for; Said by any jeepney... |
| 2 | Spanish | pará | for, to expressing a recipient |
| 3 | Spanish | pora | Obsolete spelling of para |
| 4 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 5 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 6 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 7 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |