Where does “gitlawas” come from?
gitlawas (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog lawas, from Cebuano Lawas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawas.
gitlawas (Tagalog): centrosome
Ancestry of “gitlawas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | lawas | — |
| 2 | Cebuano | Lawas | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *lawas | — |