Where does “bumilí” come from?

bumilí (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog bili, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəli, from Proto-Austronesian bəli — to buy.

bumilí (Tagalog): to buy

Definitions

  1. to buy

Ancestry of “bumilí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbilipurchase; act of buying; purchase or buying...
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbəlito buy
3Proto-Austronesianbəlito buy
Every word from Proto-Austronesian bəli →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəli →Every word from Tagalog bili →