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.

Malayo (Tagalog): Malay language

Definitions

  1. Malay language

Ancestry of “Malayo”, step by step

Malayo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish malayo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishmalayoMalay
2MalayMelayuMalay
3MalayMalayu—
4Old Javaneselayūto run
5Proto-Sunda-Sulawesilariw—
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlaʀiw—
7Proto-Austronesianlaʀiw—

via Tagalog layo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglayodistance; farness
2Proto-Philippine*adayuq—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian laʀiw →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian laʀiw →Every word from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi lariw →