English
Sangley
Sangley comes from Philippine Spanish Sangley.
- Philippine SpanishmodernSangley
- Englishearliest quotation 1905same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Philippine SpanishmodernSangley
- Englishearliest quotation 1905same form
Earliest quotation: 1905, United States Bureau of the Census, Census of the Philippine Islands: “There were also in this city certain Sangleyes who…”
Every English word from Philippine Spanish Sangley
Today it means
noun A person of pure ethnic Chinese ancestry (especially during the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Philippine Spanish Sangley / Sangley