Etymology
The Origins of the Name Imus
1. Tagalog word "Imus" - a piece of land cutting into the junction of two rivers. The old location of the church is in Toclong where the confluence of Imus River and Julian River is located, forming a slice of land.
2. "Imus" originated from the Latin word "infimus," meaning lowland.
3. "Imus" derived from the word "centimos," the smallest unit of metal currency during the Spanish Colonial Era. During that era, a detachment of Spanish soldiers was stationed at the Recollect estate house, and after they left a few natives scrounged the place for articles left behind. They found a number of centimo coins and went away exclaiming in utter delight, "Centimos! Centimos!"
4. A young mother crooning her child to sleep with a plaintive Tagalog ditty called "limos." A group of Spanish soldiers, who had gone there for the first time, asked her for the name of the place, and the woman, thinking that they were asking her the name of the song answered, "limos." The Spaniards went away muttering the last syllable, "imus."
1. Tagalog word "Imus" - a piece of land cutting into the junction of two rivers. The old location of the church is in Toclong where the confluence of Imus River and Julian River is located, forming a slice of land.
2. "Imus" originated from the Latin word "infimus," meaning lowland.
3. "Imus" derived from the word "centimos," the smallest unit of metal currency during the Spanish Colonial Era. During that era, a detachment of Spanish soldiers was stationed at the Recollect estate house, and after they left a few natives scrounged the place for articles left behind. They found a number of centimo coins and went away exclaiming in utter delight, "Centimos! Centimos!"
4. A young mother crooning her child to sleep with a plaintive Tagalog ditty called "limos." A group of Spanish soldiers, who had gone there for the first time, asked her for the name of the place, and the woman, thinking that they were asking her the name of the song answered, "limos." The Spaniards went away muttering the last syllable, "imus."