Where does “baba” come from?
baba (Tagalog) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baba, from Austronesian *baba.
baba (Tagalog): low; chin; to descend
Ancestry of “baba”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *baba | — |
| 2 | Austronesian | *baba | — |
Words derived from “baba”