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Where does “walo” come from?

walo (Ilocano) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian walu, from Proto-Austronesian walu — eight.

walo (Ilocano): eight; a kind of plant whose leaves are used to...

Definitions

  1. eight; a kind of plant whose leaves are used to...

Ancestry of “walo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwalueight
2Proto-Austronesianwalueight
Every word from Proto-Austronesian walu →