Sisos
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Etymology tree
Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish Jesús, from Latin Iēsūs, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs), borrowed from Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (yeshúa, yēšū́aʿ), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (y'hoshúa, yĕhōšúaʿ), possibly from הוֹשֵׁעַ (hoshéa, hōšḗaʿ). This is found in early texts such as Doctrina Christiana written in Baybayin as ᜐᜒᜐᜓ. Doublet of Hesus, a later borrowing. Compare Hokkien 西士 (Se-sū).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /siˈsos/ [sɪˈsos]
- Rhymes: -os
- Syllabification: Si‧sos
Proper noun
Sisós (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜐᜓᜐ᜔) (Christianity, obsolete)
Further reading
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016), Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 325