Etymology

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Today it means: paternal grandfather; paternal grandpa Full definition →

Tagalog angkong ← Hokkien 俺公
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  1. Hokkien · derived from俺公“paternal grandfather”
  2. Tagalog · borrowed fromangkong
  3. English todayangkong

From Tagalog angkong, from Hokkien 俺公 (án-kong, “paternal grandfather”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.