Etymology

turon

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Today it means: A Philippine snack made of a fried and caramelized spring roll wrapping thinly sliced bananas. Full definition →

Tagalog turon ← Spanish turrón
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The story

  1. Spanish · derived fromturrón
  2. Tagalog · borrowed fromturon
  3. English todayturon

Borrowed from Tagalog turon, from Spanish turrón.

Words from the same roots

Spanishturrón all →

turron

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.