Where does “baboy-ramo” come from?

baboy-ramo (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog baboy, from Proto-Philippine babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian babuy, from Proto-Austronesian babuy — pig.

baboy-ramo (Tagalog): wild pig; wild boar

Definitions

  1. wild pig; wild boar

Ancestry of “baboy-ramo”, step by step

baboy-ramo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog baboy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbaboypig; A fat person
2Proto-Philippinebabuypig
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbabuypig
4Proto-Austronesianbabuypig

via Tagalog damo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogdamograss
Every word from Proto-Austronesian babuy →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian babuy →Every word from Proto-Philippine babuy →