Where does “Malayo” come from?
Malayo (Tagalog) comes from Spanish malayo, from Malay Melayu, from Malay Malayu, from Old Javanese layū, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi lariw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian laʀiw, from Proto-Austronesian laʀiw.
Ancestry of “Malayo”, step by step