Etymology

Ondo

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Today it means: People of Ondo City, Ondo State, and/or Ondo Kingdom, collectively. Full definition →

Basque ondo ← Hungarian Ondó
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Ondo · proper noun1

  1. Hungarian · borrowed fromOndó
  2. Basque · borrowed fromondo“deep valley, ravine, gully”
  3. English todayOndo

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”).

Ondo · proper noun, noun, adjective2

  1. Yoruba · borrowed fromÒǹdó
  2. English todayOndo

From Yoruba Òǹdó.

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