Where does “taboe” come from?

taboe (Dutch) comes from English taboo, from Tongan tapu, from Proto-Polynesian tapu, from Proto-Oceanic tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian tambu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian tambu.

taboe (Dutch): taboo, prohibition

Definitions

  1. taboo, prohibition

Ancestry of “taboe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtabooAn inhibition or ban that results from social...
2Tongantapuprohibited, sacred
3Proto-Polynesiantaputaboo
4Proto-Oceanictabu—
5Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesiantambu—
6Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesiantambu—

Words derived from “taboe”

Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian tambu →Every word from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian tambu →Every word from Proto-Oceanic tabu →
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