Where does “lakansugo” come from?

lakansugo (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog sugo, from Proto-Austronesian *suʀuq.

lakansugo (Tagalog): ambassador

Definitions

  1. ambassador

Ancestry of “lakansugo”, step by step

lakansugo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog sugo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogsugodelegate; messenger; envoy
2Proto-Austronesian*suʀuq—

via Tagalog lakan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagaloglakanThe ruler of the precolonial polities of the...
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