Where does “bago” come from?

bago (Bikol Central) comes from Proto-Philippine *baqʀu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *baqəʀuh — new.

Ancestry of “bago”, step by step

bago traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Philippine *baqʀu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*baqʀunew
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbaqəʀunew recently made or created
3Proto-Austronesian*baqəʀuhnew

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baguq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*baguq—

Words derived from “bago”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *baqəʀuh →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian baqəʀu →Every word from Proto-Philippine *baqʀu →