Where does “buto” come from?

buto (Tagalog) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian butuq, from Proto-Austronesian buCuq — testicles.

buto (Tagalog): bone; seed

Definitions

  1. bone; seed

Ancestry of “buto”, step by step

buto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian butuq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbutuqtesticles
2Proto-AustronesianbuCuqtesticles

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian butəqul

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbutəqul—

Words derived from “buto”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian buCuq →