English
Misamis Oriental
Misamis Oriental comes from Spanish Misamis Oriental.
- Spanishc. 1500–presentMisamis Oriental
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Spanishc. 1500–presentMisamis Oriental
- Englishtodaysame form
A compound of Misamis + oriental ‘eastern’
Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- ‘to move, to stir’
Proto-Italic *oriōr ‘to rise, get up’
Latin orior ‘to rise, get up’
Latin oriēns ‘rising’
Latin orientālis ‘of the east, eastern’
Spanish oriental ‘eastern’
Every English word from Spanish Misamis Oriental
Today it means
name A province of Northern Mindanao, Mindanao, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Cagayan de Oro.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish Misamis Oriental / Misamis Oriental