Where does “kalo” come from?

kalo (English) comes from Hawaiian kalo, from Proto-Polynesian talo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taləs — taro.

kalo (English): taro (Colocasia esculenta)

Definitions

  1. taro (Colocasia esculenta)

Ancestry of “kalo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiiankalotaro; colocasia
2Proto-Polynesiantalotaro, eddo
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantaləstaro

Words derived from “kalo”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taləs →Every word from Proto-Polynesian talo →Every word from Hawaiian kalo →