Where does “haban-ube” come from?

haban-ube (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog ube, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qubi — The purple yam, Dioscorea alata.

haban-ube (Tagalog): purple color/colour

Definitions

  1. purple color/colour

Ancestry of “haban-ube”, step by step

haban-ube traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog ube

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagalogubeThe purple yam, "Dioscorea alata"
2Proto-Malayo-PolynesianqubiThe purple yam, Dioscorea alata

via Tagalog haban

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloghabanpurple color/colour
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qubi →Every word from Tagalog ube →