Where does “tabou” come from?

tabou (French) 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.

tabou (French): taboo (excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention)

Definitions

  1. taboo (excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention)

Ancestry of “tabou”, 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 “tabou”

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