Where does “sago” come from?

sago (Romanian) comes from French sagou, from Portuguese sagu, from Malay sagu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sagu.

sago (Romanian): sago

Definitions

  1. sago

Ancestry of “sago”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsagousago
2Portuguesesagusago; sago pudding
3Malaysagusago
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*sagu—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sagu →Every word from Malay sagu →Every word from Portuguese sagu →