Etymology Explorer
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Where does “po” come from?
po (Bikol Central) comes from Tagalog po, from Hokkien 傅.
Ancestry of “po”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Tagalog
po
marks respect toward the person the speaker is...
2
Hokkien
傅
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Every word from Hokkien 傅 →