Etymograph

English

Samar

Samar comes from Waray-Waray samad.

  1. Waray-Waraymodernsamad
  2. Spanishc. 1500–presentSámar
  3. EnglishtodaySamar

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Waray-Waraymodernsamad
  2. Spanishc. 1500–presentSámar
  3. EnglishtodaySamar

Another origin of Samar

  1. UkrainianmodernСамарSamar
  2. EnglishtodaySamar

Another origin of Samar

  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEसमर‘coming together, meeting, concourse, confluence’
  2. EnglishtodaySamar

Another origin of Samar

  1. Dzongkhamodernས་དམར་sa dmar
  2. EnglishtodaySamar

Today it means

name An island of Eastern Visayas, Visayas, Philippines.

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

Etymograph / Waray-Waray samad / Samar