English
Kagay-anon
Kagay-anon comes from Cebuano Kagay-anon.
- CebuanomodernKagay-anon
- Englishearliest quotation 2010same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- CebuanomodernKagay-anon
- Englishearliest quotation 2010same form
Earliest quotation: 2010, Ann Gorra, City of Gold: “As for the piece of land where Ah Fat…”
The story
Borrowed from Cebuano Kagay-anon, from kagayan, meaning "river".
Every English word from Cebuano Kagay-anon
Today it means
noun A person from Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Cebuano Kagay-anon / Kagay-anon