Where does “bulalato” come from?

bulalato (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog bato, from Proto-Philippine *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batux — rock; stone.

bulalato (Tagalog): meteorite

Definitions

  1. meteorite

Ancestry of “bulalato”, step by step

bulalato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog bato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbatostone; kidney; gallstone
2Proto-Philippine*batustone substance; small piece of stone
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbatustone
4Proto-Austronesian*batuxrock; stone

via Tagalog bulalakaw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbulalakawmeteor; shooting star
2Proto-Austronesian*bulalakaw
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *batux