Where does “tabu” come from?

tabu (Proto-Oceanic) comes from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian tambu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian tambu.

Ancestry of “tabu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesiantambu—
2Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesiantambu—

Words derived from “tabu”

Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian tambu →Every word from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian tambu →