Where does “magbabaol” come from?

magbabaol (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano mag-, from Austronesian *maʀ-.

magbabaol (Cebuano): a peasant; a member of the lowly social class that toils on the land, constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, farmhands and other laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture and horticulture

Definitions

  1. a peasant; a member of the lowly social class that toils on the land, constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, farmhands and other laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture and horticulture

Ancestry of “magbabaol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanomag-actor trigger verb prefix, infinitive form
2Austronesian*maʀ-—
Every word from Austronesian *maʀ- →Every word from Cebuano mag- →