Where does “baba” come from?

baba (Bikol Central) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian babaq, from Proto-Austronesian babaq.

Ancestry of “baba”, step by step

baba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian babaq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbabaq—
2Proto-Austronesianbabaq—

via Bikol Central padaba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centralpadaba—
2Bikol Centralpa—

Words derived from “baba”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian babaq →