Where does “bahay-gagamba” come from?

bahay-gagamba (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog báhay — house, home.

bahay-gagamba (Tagalog): spiderweb

Definitions

  1. spiderweb

Ancestry of “bahay-gagamba”, step by step

bahay-gagamba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog báhay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbáhayhouse, home

via Tagalog gagamba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloggagambaspider
Every word from Tagalog báhay