Where does “babo” come from?

babo (Kapampangan) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babaw, from Proto-Austronesian *babaw — upper surface.

babo (Kapampangan): the surface; the top; upper

Definitions

  1. the surface; the top; upper

Ancestry of “babo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*babaw—
2Proto-Austronesian*babawupper surface
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *babaw →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babaw →
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