Where does “libo” come from?

libo (Mansaka) comes from Malay ribu, from Proto-Malayic *ribu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu — thousand.

libo (Mansaka): thousand

Definitions

  1. thousand

Ancestry of “libo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayributhousand; million
2Proto-Malayic*ribu—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ʀibuthousand
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu →Every word from Proto-Malayic *ribu →Every word from Malay ribu →