Where does “sagou” come from?
sagou (French) comes from Portuguese sagu, from Malay sagu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sagu.
Ancestry of “sagou”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | sagu | sago; sago pudding |
| 2 | Malay | sagu | sago |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *sagu | — |