Defensor

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-

Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰh₁eti

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰeti

Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰéndʰeti

Proto-Italic *xʷendō

Proto-Italic *fendō

Latin *fendō

Latin dēfendō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin dēfēnsorder.

Spanish defensorbor.

Tagalog Defensor

Borrowed from Spanish defensor.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /defenˈsoɾ/ [d̪ɛ.fɛn̪ˈsoɾ]
  • IPA^(key): (with nativization) /depenˈsoɾ/ [d̪ɛ.pɛn̪ˈsoɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: De‧fen‧sor

Proper noun

Defensór (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜉᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜓᜇ᜔)

1. a surname from Spanish, most associated with the former Filipina senator, Miriam Defensor-Santiago