King
[kɪŋ]Meaning
English vocabulary word king, from Old English cyning
Background Story
King comes from the English vocabulary word king, which is ultimately derived from Old English cyning. It was also a surname from the same source, borne by the American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968). In Cebuano it comes from English king, while the Tagalog form was borrowed from Hokkien 龔 / 龚 (Kéng).
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