Where does “pulgason” come from?

pulgason (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano pulgas, from Spanish pulgas, from Vulgar Latin pulica, from Latin pūlex, from Proto-Indo-European *plus- — flea.

pulgason (Cebuano): Infested with fleas

Definitions

  1. Infested with fleas

Ancestry of “pulgason”, step by step

pulgason traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano pulgas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanopulgasflea
2Spanishpulgasplural of pulga
3Vulgar Latinpulicaflea
4Latinpūlexflea
5Proto-Indo-European*plus-flea

via Cebuano on

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoon
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *plus-Every word from Latin pūlexEvery word from Vulgar Latin pulica
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