The story
- Tagalog · derived fromkanto“corner, especially of two streets”
- English todaykanto boy
Originally from Japanese 官庁 (kanchō, “government office”) + boy, borrowed in during WW2 according to Potet (2016), but the former eventually got replaced with Tagalog kanto (“corner, especially of two streets”).
Words from the same roots
Tagalogkanto all →
kanto girl
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.