Where does “suman” come from?

suman (English) comes from Middle English seman, from Old English sǣmann — seaman.

suman (English): Rice cake from the Philippines made from...

Definitions

  1. Rice cake from the Philippines made from...

Ancestry of “suman”, step by step

suman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English seman

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishseman—
2Old Englishsǣmannseaman

via Tagalog suman

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogsumansuman
Every word from Old English sǣmann →Every word from Middle English seman →