Where does “itom” come from?

itom (Hiligaynon) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)qitəm — black.

itom (Hiligaynon): black

Definitions

  1. black

Ancestry of “itom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)qitəmblack
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)qitəm
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