English
Tagala
Tagala comes from Tagalog Tagala ‘female equivalent of Tagalog: female Tagalog…’, and goes back to Tagalog.
- TagalogmodernTagalog‘Tagalog (person)’
- Spanishc. 1500–presenttagalo‘Tagalog’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presenttagalafeminine form of tagalo
- TagalogmodernTagala‘female equivalent of Tagalog: female Tagalog (person)’
- Englishearliest quotation 2012same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
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- TagalogmodernTagalog‘Tagalog (person)’
- Spanishc. 1500–presenttagalo‘Tagalog’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presenttagalafeminine form of tagalo
- TagalogmodernTagala‘female equivalent of Tagalog: female Tagalog (person)’
- Englishearliest quotation 2012same form
Earliest quotation: 2012, Must-experience South Tagalog food tour:: “Women from southern Tagalog are called tagalas,” says Decal.…”
Every English word from Tagalog Tagalog
Today it means
noun A woman from Tagalog region or provinces
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Tagalog Tagalog / Tagala