Where does “makalabot” come from?

makalabot (Bikol Central) comes from Bikol Central labot, from Proto-Philippine *labut.

Ancestry of “makalabot”, step by step

makalabot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bikol Central labot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centrallabot
2Proto-Philippine*labut

via Bikol Central maka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centralmaka
Every word from Proto-Philippine *labut
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