Where does “bulong-ita” come from?

bulong-ita (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog bulo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bulu, from Proto-Austronesian bulu.

bulong-ita (Tagalog): medium-sized tree with oblong leaves with fascicled flowers and subellipsoid fruit (Diospyros pilosanthera)

Definitions

  1. medium-sized tree with oblong leaves with fascicled flowers and subellipsoid fruit (Diospyros pilosanthera)

Ancestry of “bulong-ita”, step by step

bulong-ita traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog bulo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbulocalf; young cow, carabao, etc
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuluhair
3Proto-Austronesianbulu—

via Tagalog ita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogitaaeta, aborigine of the Philippines
Every word from Proto-Austronesian bulu →