Where does “sabongero” come from?

sabongero (Cebuano) comes from Tagalog sabong, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sabuŋ.

sabongero (Cebuano): a cockfighter; one who engages in a cockfight

Definitions

  1. a cockfighter; one who engages in a cockfight

Ancestry of “sabongero”, step by step

sabongero traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog sabong

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogsabongcockfight
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*sabuŋ—

via Cebuano sabong

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanosabonga contest, in a cockpit, between gamecocks fitted...
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