Etymology

Tuason

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Today it means: A surname from Spanish [in turn from Hokkien] common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry Full definition →

Hokkien 大孫 /大孙 ← Spanish Tuason
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The story

  1. Spanish · borrowed fromTuason
  2. Hokkien · derived from大孫 /大孙“eldest grandson”
  3. English todayTuason

Ultimately from Hokkien 大孫 /大孙 (tōa-sun, “eldest grandson”), via Spanish Tuason or Tagalog Tuason.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.