Where does “kadugo” come from?

kadugo (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog dugo, from Proto-Philippine *Duʀuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zuʀuq — sap, juice.

kadugo (Tagalog): blood relation; blood relative

Definitions

  1. blood relation; blood relative

Ancestry of “kadugo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogdugoblood
2Proto-Philippine*Duʀuq
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zuʀuqsap, juice
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zuʀuq
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