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tecson

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English

Syllables
tec-son
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Hokkien, common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry.

Etymology

Filipino surname ultimately from Hokkien 德孫 /德孙 (tek sun), via Spanish Tecson. See also Cantonese 嫡孫 /嫡孙 (dik¹ syun¹), Hokkien 嫡孫 /嫡孙 (tek-sun / tiak-sun), Japanese 嫡孫(てきそん) (tekison) / 嫡孫(ちゃくそん) (chakuson).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: 德孫, Tecson

Inflected Forms

Tecsons (plural)

Questions

What does tecson mean?
A surname from Hokkien, common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry.
Where does tecson come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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