Where does “buro” come from?
buro (Tagalog) comes from Spanish buró, from French bureau, from Middle French burel, from Old French burel, from Old French -el, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
buro (Tagalog): pickling with salt or brine, usually done with fish, meat, or shrimp with rice
Definitions
- pickling with salt or brine, usually done with fish, meat, or shrimp with rice
Ancestry of “buro”, step by step
buro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish buró
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | buró | writing desk |
| 2 | French | bureau | desk; office; ticket office |
| 3 | Middle French | burel | — |
| 4 | Old French | burel | frieze; a garment made out of frieze |
| 5 | Old French | -el | Suffix that usually denotes a masculine noun |
| 6 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |