Where does “abas” come from?

abas (Hiligaynon) comes from Spanish haba, from Old Spanish faba, from Latin faba, from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- — bean.

abas (Hiligaynon): A type of bean

Definitions

  1. A type of bean

Ancestry of “abas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishhababroad bean, horse bean; bean; ballot ball
2Old Spanishfaba—
3Latinfababean; horse bean; a small object with the shape...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰabʰ-bean
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- →Every word from Latin faba →Every word from Old Spanish faba →
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