The story
- Ilocano · derived fromi-
- Spanish · borrowed fromIlocos
- English todayIlocos
From Spanish Ilocos, the plural of iloco + -s, where the root is from Ilocano i- (place of origin prefix) + either lukong (“hollow; concave”) or luek/luok (“cove; bay”) + Spanish -o.
Words from the same roots
Ilocanoi- all →
Ilocano
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.