Etymology

talisay

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Today it means: A tree of species Terminalia catappa, Indian almond or tropical almond. Full definition →

Spanish talisay ← Tagalog talisay ← Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talisay
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  1. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian · derived from*talisay
  2. Tagalog · borrowed fromtalisay
  3. Spanish · borrowed fromtalisay
  4. English todaytalisay

From Spanish talisay or Tagalog talisay from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talisay.

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