Where does “biluslawas” come from?

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

biluslawas (Tagalog): lysosome

Definitions

  1. lysosome

Ancestry of “biluslawas”, step by step

biluslawas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog bilos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbilosaction
2Tagalogbisaefficacy; potency
3Kapampanganbisawant; like; crave; fond
4Spanishvisavisa
5Frenchvisaa mark or stamp attesting to the performance of...
6Latinvisanominative plural of vīsum; accusative plural of...
7Latinvisumvision, mental image; nominative neuter singular...
8Latinvīsōto look at, look into, stare at, view
9Latinvideōto see, perceive; look (at)
10Proto-Italicwidēōsee
11Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

via Tagalog lawas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglawasteeth of a trident
2CebuanoLawasbody; torso
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*lawas
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd-