Where does “balaglawas” come from?

balaglawas (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog lawas, from Cebuano Lawas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawas.

balaglawas (Tagalog): dictyosome

Definitions

  1. dictyosome

Ancestry of “balaglawas”, step by step

balaglawas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog lawas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglawasteeth of a trident
2CebuanoLawasbody; torso
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*lawas—

via Tagalog balag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbalagtrellis; arbor; latticework
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawas →Every word from Cebuano Lawas →Every word from Tagalog lawas →
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