The story
- Spanish · borrowed fromcuajo
- English todaycuajo
From Spanish cuajo, from Hokkien, possibly 看好 (khòaⁿ-hó) or 看護 /看护 (khàn-hō͘ / khòaⁿ-hō͘ / khan-hō͘) or 看虎 (khòaⁿ hó͘, literally “watching the tiger”). Compare Tagalog kuwaho, Kapampangan kuwaho, English khanhoo.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.