Where does “Golgilawas” come from?

Golgilawas (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog lawas, from Cebuano Lawas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawas.

Golgilawas (Tagalog): Golgi body; Golgi apparatus

Definitions

  1. Golgi body; Golgi apparatus

Ancestry of “Golgilawas”, step by step

Golgilawas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog lawas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglawasteeth of a trident
2CebuanoLawasbody; torso
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*lawas—

via Italian Golgi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianGolgi—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawas →Every word from Cebuano Lawas →Every word from Tagalog lawas →