English word origin

Etymology of Ondo

Borrowed * either from Basque ondo (“deep valley, ravine, gully”), * or from Hungarian Ondó, from the given name Ond + -ó (archaic diminutive), hence unrelated to ondó (“semen”).

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗

name

A surname from Hungarian.

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Borrowed * either from Basque ondo (“deep valley, ravine, gully”), * or from Hungarian Ondó, from the given name Ond + -ó (archaic diminutive), hence unrelated to ondó (“semen”).

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Borrowed-form mentionondoeu
Borrowed-form mentionOndóhu
Word-formation componentOndhu
Word-formation component-óhu

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Source etymology 2

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adj

Of, from, or pertaining to Ondo City, Ondo State, Ondo Kingdom, their people or their cultures. · Of, from, or pertaining to the Ondo dialect of Yoruba.

noun

People of Ondo City, Ondo State, and/or Ondo Kingdom, collectively.

name

A state of Nigeria in the South West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Akure. · A city in Ondo State, Nigeria. · A historical kingdom in Nigeria. · A dialect of Yoruba spoken in Ondo State.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Yoruba Òǹdó.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

Borrowed-form mentionÒǹdóyo

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