Where does “himalad” come from?

himalad (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog Palad, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaj — palm of the hand.

himalad (Tagalog): palmistry; palm reading; fortune-telling by reading the lines of the palm

Definitions

  1. palmistry; palm reading; fortune-telling by reading the lines of the palm

Ancestry of “himalad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagalogPaladmostly concentrated in Bulacan, Quezon and Laguna
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*palajpalm of the hand
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palajEvery word from Tagalog Palad
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