bisperas
Cebuano
noun
Definitions
- eve; the day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.
- The day or night before a fiesta or feast day.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian vísperas derived from Latin vespera.
Origin
Latin
vespera
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- vespera Latin
- víspera Spanish, Castilian
- vísperas Spanish, Castilian
- *wek(ʷ)speros Proto-Indo-European
- Pasko Cebuano
- bisperas sa Pasko Cebuano
- bisperas sa pasko Cebuano
- pasko Cebuano
- sa Cebuano
- vespera Old High German
- bisperas Tagalog
- vespera Old Portuguese