Where does “altabos” come from?

altabos (Tagalog) comes from Spanish altavoz, from Spanish voz, from Old Spanish voz, from Latin vōx, from Proto-Italic wōks, from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

altabos (Tagalog): loudspeaker

Definitions

  1. loudspeaker

Ancestry of “altabos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishaltavozloudspeaker, speaker; loudspeaker, speaker...
2Spanishvozvoice; term; word
3Old Spanishvoz
4Latinvōxvoice
5Proto-Italicwōksvoice
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwṓkʷsvoice, speech
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ-