Where does “bola mano” come from?
bola mano (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano mano, from Spanish maño, from Spanish hermano, from Old Spanish ermano, from Vulgar Latin germanus, from Latin Germānus, from Latin germen, from Proto-Italic genamen — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
bola mano (Cebuano): the cue ball
Definitions
- the cue ball
Ancestry of “bola mano”, step by step
bola mano traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Cebuano mano
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cebuano | mano | a schoolyard pick; the hand; to pick an it |
| 2 | Spanish | maño | big; of or from Aragón; someone from Aragón |
| 3 | Spanish | hermano | brother; sibling; bro |
| 4 | Old Spanish | ermano | brother |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | germanus | brother; of brothers or sisters; full, own |
| 6 | Latin | Germānus | — |
| 7 | Latin | germen | shoot, sprout, bud; germ, seed, origin; embryo,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | genamen | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁mn̥ | offspring, seed |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |