Where does “labang-tubo” come from?
labang-tubo (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog laba, from English lava, from Italian lava, from Neapolitan lava, from Latin lābēs, from Latin lābor, from Old Latin labos, from Romanian labă — fox.
labang-tubo (Tagalog): compound interest
Definitions
- compound interest
Ancestry of “labang-tubo”, step by step
labang-tubo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog laba
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | laba | washing of clothes; laundering; laundry |
| 2 | English | lava | The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its... |
| 3 | Italian | lava | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 4 | Neapolitan | lava | a torrent of rain which washed the streets |
| 5 | Latin | lābēs | fall, collapse |
| 6 | Latin | lābor | work |
| 7 | Old Latin | labos | — |
| 8 | Romanian | labă | palm; paw |
| 9 | Hungarian | láb | leg; foot; support, stand |
| 10 | Proto-Uralic | luwe | bone |
| 11 | Proto-Iranian | *Hrawpācáh | fox |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hrawpāćás | fox |