Where does “bilangguan” come from?

bilangguan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog bilanggo, from Malay belenggu, from Tamil விலங்கு — to be transverse.

bilangguan (Tagalog): prison; jail

Definitions

  1. prison; jail

Ancestry of “bilangguan”, step by step

bilangguan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog bilanggo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbilanggobailiff; prisoner; captive; convict
2Malaybelenggu—
3Tamilவிலங்குto be transverse

via Maguindanao bilanggo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maguindanaobilanggo—
Every word from Tamil விலங்கு →Every word from Malay belenggu →Every word from Tagalog bilanggo →