Where does “lara” come from?

lara (Cebuano) comes from Malay lada, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lajaq.

lara (Cebuano): "Capsicum"; a genus of flowering plants in the...

Definitions

  1. "Capsicum"; a genus of flowering plants in the...

Ancestry of “lara”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayladapepper, chilli; Synonym of merica
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlajaq—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lajaq →Every word from Malay lada →