Where does “balibilos” come from?

balibilos (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog bisa, from Kapampangan bisa, from Spanish visa, from French visa, from Latin visa, from Latin visum, from Latin vīsō, from Latin videō — to see.

balibilos (Tagalog): reaction

Definitions

  1. reaction

Ancestry of “balibilos”, step by step

balibilos traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog bisa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbisaefficacy; potency
2Kapampanganbisawant; like; crave; fond
3Spanishvisavisa
4Frenchvisaa mark or stamp attesting to the performance of...
5Latinvisanominative plural of vīsum; accusative plural of...
6Latinvisumvision, mental image; nominative neuter singular...
7Latinvīsōto look at, look into, stare at, view
8Latinvideōto see, perceive; look (at)
9Proto-Italicwidēōsee
10Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

via Tagalog balik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbalikthe act of returning; the act of bringing back...
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*balikto return; to repeat

via Tagalog kilos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkilosmovement, motion; act; action; behavior; manner...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd-