Where does “pinasugbo” come from?

pinasugbo (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano Pina, from Cebuano Josefina.

pinasugbo (Cebuano): A snack made with fried unripe saba bananas...

Definitions

  1. A snack made with fried unripe saba bananas...

Ancestry of “pinasugbo”, step by step

pinasugbo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano Pina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CebuanoPinaA diminutive of the female given name Josefina
2CebuanoJosefina—

via Cebuano sugbo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanosugboto dive into the water
Every word from Cebuano Josefina →Every word from Cebuano Pina →