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Where does “usa” come from?
usa (Chamorro) comes from Proto-Austronesian *əsa, from Proto-Oceanic *isa.
usa
(Chamorro): one
Definitions
one
Ancestry of “usa”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Austronesian
*əsa
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2
Proto-Oceanic
*isa
—
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isa →