Etymograph

English

Oregon

Oregon may come from Spanish orejón ‘big ears’.

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentorejón‘big ears’disputed
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2022Oregon

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentorejón‘big ears’disputed
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2022Oregon

Earliest quotation: 2022, Snejana Farberov, Dad shot dead in road-rage attack after splashing windshield: “Dennis Anderson, 45, and Brandy Goldsbury, 46, were traveling…”

Every English word from Spanish orejón

Today it means

name A state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Capital: Salem. Largest city: Portland.

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

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