Where does “buwang palaba” come from?
buwang palaba (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog palaba, from Tagalog laba, from English lava, from Italian lava, from Neapolitan lava, from Latin lābēs, from Latin lābor, from Old Latin labos — fox.
buwang palaba (Tagalog): crescent moon
Definitions
- crescent moon
Ancestry of “buwang palaba”, step by step
buwang palaba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog palaba
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | palaba | washing of clothes |
| 2 | Tagalog | laba | washing of clothes; laundering; laundry |
| 3 | English | lava | The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its... |
| 4 | Italian | lava | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 5 | Neapolitan | lava | a torrent of rain which washed the streets |
| 6 | Latin | lābēs | fall, collapse |
| 7 | Latin | lābor | work |
| 8 | Old Latin | labos | — |
| 9 | Romanian | labă | palm; paw |
| 10 | Hungarian | láb | leg; foot; support, stand |
| 11 | Proto-Uralic | luwe | bone |
| 12 | Proto-Iranian | *Hrawpācáh | fox |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hrawpāćás | fox |