Where does “Ifugao” come from?
Ifugao (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano gwapo, from Spanish guapo, from Latin vappa, from Spanish gape.
Ifugao (Cebuano): handsome; good-looking
Ancestry of “Ifugao”, step by step
Ifugao traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Cebuano gwapo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Cebuano | gwapo | visually attractive; handsome; good-looking; of... |
| 2 | Spanish | guapo | arrowroot; good-looking; handsome, pretty; smart... |
| 3 | Latin | vappa | flat wine; worthless person, fop |
| 4 | Spanish | gape | — |
via Welsh efô
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Welsh | efô | with |
| 2 | Welsh | ef | he; him |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | éy | the; demonstrative pronoun; this one, he |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁e- | — |