Where does “laban” come from?

laban (Kapampangan) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laban — to oppose; to go against someone.

laban (Kapampangan): fight; struggle

Definitions

  1. fight; struggle

Ancestry of “laban”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*labanto oppose; to go against someone
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laban
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