Where does “gitlawas” come from?

gitlawas (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog lawas, from Cebuano Lawas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawas.

gitlawas (Tagalog): centrosome

Definitions

  1. centrosome

Ancestry of “gitlawas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglawasteeth of a trident
2CebuanoLawasbody; torso
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*lawas—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawas →Every word from Cebuano Lawas →Every word from Tagalog lawas →