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Where does “ikalwa” come from?

ikalwa (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog luwa, from Tagalog loa, from Spanish loa, from Spanish loar, from Old Spanish loar, from Latin laudāre.

Ancestry of “ikalwa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogluwa—
2Tagalogloa—
3Spanishloapraise
4Spanishloarto praise
5Old Spanishloar—
6Latinlaudāre—
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