Where does “kabuoang-katawan” come from?
kabuoang-katawan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog kabuoan, from Tagalog buo, from French bouée, from Middle Dutch boeye, from Old French boie, from Latin boia, from Ancient Greek βοείη, from Ancient Greek βοῦς — army.
kabuoang-katawan (Tagalog): virginity of a man or a woman
Definitions
- virginity of a man or a woman
Ancestry of “kabuoang-katawan”, step by step
kabuoang-katawan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog kabuoan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | kabuoan | entirety; totality; overall |
| 2 | Tagalog | buo | whole; entire; complete, absolute, perfect;... |
| 3 | French | bouée | buoy (nautical: a moored float) |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | boeye | life buoy; float, buoy; shackle, fetter |
| 5 | Old French | boie | bond, chain; fetter, chain, clog |
| 6 | Latin | boia | fetter, collar for the neck |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βοείη | ox hide |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | βοῦς | cow, ox, cattle; shield: ὃτι ἐκ βοείων ἐστι... |
| 9 | Latin | corvus | A raven; a bird associated with prophecy and... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |