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Where does “eskoba” come from?

eskoba (Tagalog) comes from Spanish escoba, from Latin scōpa, from Proto-Italic *skōpā.

eskoba (Tagalog): brush

Definitions

  1. brush

Ancestry of “eskoba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishescobabroom, besom; Spanish broom, broom
2Latinscōpa—
3Proto-Italic*skōpā—
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