Etymograph

English

Maguindanao del Norte

Maguindanao del Norte comes from Spanish Maguindánao del Norte.

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentMaguindánao del Norte
  2. EnglishtodayMaguindanao del Norte

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentMaguindánao del Norte
  2. EnglishtodayMaguindanao del Norte

A compound of Maguindánao + del ‘of the’ + norte ‘north’

Maguindanao maginged

Maguindanao danaw

Maguindanao Magindanaw

Spanish Maguindánao

Proto-Indo-European *-r ‘Adverbial suffix with locative meaning’

Proto-Indo-European *nér ‘below the surface, below’

Proto-Indo-European *nŕ̥t(e)ros

Proto-Germanic *nurþraz ‘north, northern’

Proto-West Germanic *norþr ‘northern, northernly’

Old English norþ ‘north’

Old French nort ‘north’

Middle French nord ‘north’

Old Spanish norte

Spanish norte ‘north’

Today it means

name A province of Bangsamoro, Mindanao, Philippines, created from the division of the former province of Maguindanao. Capital: Datu Odin Sinsuat. Largest city: Cotabato City.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Spanish Maguindánao del Norte / Maguindanao del Norte