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Where does “batangas” come from?

batangas (Cebuano) comes from Spanish Batangas, from Spanish batanga, from Tagalog batang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bataŋ.

batangas (Cebuano): a butterfly knife

Definitions

  1. a butterfly knife

Ancestry of “batangas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishBatangas—
2Spanishbatanga—
3Tagalogbatanglog
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbataŋ—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bataŋ →