Where does “bulok” come from?

bulok (Cebuano) comes from Malay buruk, from Proto-Malayic buruk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buʀuk, from Proto-Austronesian buʀuk — rotten; bad.

bulok (Cebuano): a color

Definitions

  1. a color

Ancestry of “bulok”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayburukold, rotten; decayed; bad
2Proto-Malayicburukrotten; worn out; gone bad
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuʀukrotten; bad
4Proto-Austronesianbuʀukrotten; bad

Words derived from “bulok”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian buʀuk →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buʀuk →Every word from Proto-Malayic buruk →