English
girl rented overnight
Girl rented overnight comes from Cebuano abang ‘to rent’.
- Cebuanomodernabang‘to rent’
- Englishearliest quotation 2013girl rented overnight
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Cebuanomodernabang‘to rent’
- Englishearliest quotation 2013girl rented overnight
Earliest quotation: 2013, Bernard Howell, Beyond the Pearled Horizon: “Then there are GROs. That stands for Guest Relation…”
The story
The word rented is translated from Cebuano abang (‘to rent’), which can also mean “to hire a prostitute”.
Every English word from Cebuano abang
Today it means
noun A bargirl.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Cebuano abang / girl rented overnight