Where does “paras” come from?

paras (Kapampangan) comes from Malay pedas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapəjəs — smarting, stinging pain.

paras (Kapampangan): spiciness, pungence

Definitions

  1. spiciness, pungence

Ancestry of “paras”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypedashot, spicy; spicy
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*hapəjəssmarting, stinging pain
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapəjəs →Every word from Malay pedas →