Where does “bading” come from?
bading (Bikol Central) comes from Tagalog bading, from English budding, from English bud, from Middle English budde, from Old English budda, from Proto-Germanic buzdô, from Proto-Germanic būs-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰūs- — to move quickly.
Ancestry of “bading”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | bading | effeminate man; womanish man; homosexual male; hermaphrodite |
| 2 | English | budding | Beginning to develop; The practice of uniting a... |
| 3 | English | bud | A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet... |
| 4 | Middle English | budde | beetle; bud, seed pod |
| 5 | Old English | budda | beetle |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | buzdô | beetle, grub, swelling; beetle, grub", literally,... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | būs- | to erupt, burst, flow rapidly |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰūs- | to move quickly |