Where does “bakla” come from?

bakla (Palauan) comes from Tagalog bakla, from Spanish -a, from Old Spanish -a.

bakla (Palauan): an effeminate man

Definitions

  1. an effeminate man

Ancestry of “bakla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbaklaeffeminate man; fag; gay male; hermaphrodite
2Spanish-a-ess used to form feminine singular nouns; used...
3Old Spanish-a—
Every word from Old Spanish -a →
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