Where does “labou” come from?

labou (Mauritian Creole) comes from French boue, from Gaulish bawa — mud, dirt.

labou (Mauritian Creole): mud

Definitions

  1. mud

Ancestry of “labou”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbouemud; dirt
2Gaulishbawamud, dirt
Every word from Gaulish bawa →Every word from French boue →