Where does “libo” come from?

libo (Tagalog) comes from Malay ribu, from Proto-Malayic *ribu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu — thousand.

libo (Tagalog): thousand

Definitions

  1. thousand

Ancestry of “libo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayributhousand; million
2Proto-Malayic*ribu—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ʀibuthousand

Words derived from “libo”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu →