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Where does “Palapala” come from?

Palapala (Hawaiian) comes from English Barbara, from Hawaiian palapala, from English barbara, from Latin barbara, from Latin barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.

Ancestry of “Palapala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBarbara—
2Hawaiianpalapaladocument; writing of any kind
3EnglishbarbaraA syllogism in which all three propositions are...
4Latinbarbaraa wild, savage, cruel, barbarous, shameless, or...
5Latinbarbarusforeign; savage; uncivilized
6Ancient Greekβάρβαροςnon-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—
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