Where does “laba” come from?
laba (Tagalog) comes from English lava, from Italian lava, from Neapolitan lava, from Latin lābēs, from Latin lābor, from Old Latin labos, from Romanian labă, from Hungarian láb — fox.
laba (Tagalog): washing of clothes; laundering; laundry
Definitions
- washing of clothes; laundering; laundry
Ancestry of “laba”, step by step
laba traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English lava
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lava | The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its... |
| 2 | Italian | lava | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Neapolitan | lava | a torrent of rain which washed the streets |
| 4 | Latin | lābēs | fall, collapse |
| 5 | Latin | lābor | work |
| 6 | Old Latin | labos | — |
| 7 | Romanian | labă | palm; paw |
| 8 | Hungarian | láb | leg; foot; support, stand |
| 9 | Proto-Uralic | luwe | bone |
| 10 | Proto-Iranian | *Hrawpācáh | fox |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hrawpāćás | fox |