Where does “buho” come from?

buho (Old Spanish) comes from Spanish búho, from Old Spanish bufo, from Late Latin būfus.

buho (Old Spanish): owl

Definitions

  1. owl

Ancestry of “buho”, step by step

buho traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish búho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishbúhoowl, eagle owl; informant, a squealer
2Old Spanishbufoowl
3Late Latinbūfus—

via Proto-Austronesian buluq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesianbuluqtype of slender bamboo; Schizostachyum spp

Words derived from “buho”

Every word from Late Latin būfus →Every word from Old Spanish bufo →Every word from Spanish búho →