ngaro (Maori) comes from Maori rango, from Proto-Polynesian laŋo, from Proto-Oceanic laŋo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian laŋaw, from Proto-Austronesian laŋaw, from Proto-Austroasiatic *laŋaw.
Ancestry of “ngaro”, step by step
ngaro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.