Where does “kayamuan” come from?

kayamuan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog yamo, from Tagalog bayaan, from Swahili -baya, from Cornish bay, from Middle Cornish bay, from Middle English baye, from Old English beġ — berry.

kayamuan (Tagalog): covetousness; avarice

Definitions

  1. covetousness; avarice

Ancestry of “kayamuan”, step by step

kayamuan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog yamo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogyamocovetousness; avarice; stubble
2Tagalogbayaanto leave alone; to let alone (someone or something)
3Swahili-baya—
4Cornishbaykiss
5Middle Cornishbay—
6Middle Englishbaye—
7Old Englishbeġberry

via Tagalog ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -anused to form abstract nouns
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—
Every word from Old English beġ →