hijo

• ijo

From Old Javanese, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)qizaw.

hijo

1. Alternative form of ijo

hijo

1. Alternative form of ijo

From Old Spanish fijo, from Latin fīlius (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁y-li-os (“sucker”), a derivation from the verbal root *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈixo/

hijo m (plural hijos, feminine hija, feminine plural hijas)

1. son
2. child (when the gender of the child is unknown)

The noun hijo is like several other Spanish nouns with a human referent. The masculine forms are used when the referent is known to be male, a group of males, a group of mixed or unknown gender, or an individual of unknown or unspecified gender. The feminine forms are used if the referent is known to be female or a group of females.

• hijito
• hijodalgo/hidalgo
• hija
• hijastro
• mijo

• Papiamentu: yiu
• → Tagalog: iho

• “hijo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.