Etymograph

English

Malacañang

Malacañang comes from Spanish Malacañán, and goes back to Tagalog lakaya ‘act of fishing or angling’.

  1. Tagalogmodernlakaya‘act of fishing or angling’
  2. Tagalog, derivedmodernmamalakayahan
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentMalacañán
  4. EnglishtodayMalacañang

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Tagalogmodernlakaya‘act of fishing or angling’
  2. Tagalog, derivedmodernmamalakayahan
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentMalacañán
  4. EnglishtodayMalacañang

The story

A common folk etymology is it was derived from Tagalog may lakan diyan.folk etymology The source marks this as unproven or a folk etymology. Quoted, not asserted. The final -g was added to the name during the American colonial era (1898-1946).

Every English word from Tagalog lakaya

Today it means

name the official residence and workplace of the president of the Philippines

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

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