Where does “belemby” come from?

belemby (Malagasy) comes from Malagasy be — big; great.

belemby (Malagasy): smallpox

Definitions

  1. smallpox

Ancestry of “belemby”, step by step

belemby traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malagasy be

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malagasybebig; great

via Malagasy lemby

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malagasylemby
Every word from Malagasy be