Where does “babasagang-alon” come from?

babasagang-alon (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog alon, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qalun — a long rolling wave; a billow.

babasagang-alon (Tagalog): breakwater

Definitions

  1. breakwater

Ancestry of “babasagang-alon”, step by step

babasagang-alon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog alon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogalonwave on the surface of a liquid
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqaluna long rolling wave; a billow

via Tagalog babasagan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbabasagan—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qalun →Every word from Tagalog alon →