Where does “magbuwis” come from?

magbuwis (Bikol Central) comes from Bikol Central buwis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhis.

Ancestry of “magbuwis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centralbuwistax
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*buhis—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhis →Every word from Bikol Central buwis →