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Where does “lutong” come from?

lutong (Tagalog) comes from Malay lotong, from Proto-Malayic *lutuŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lutuŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *luCuŋ.

Ancestry of “lutong”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylotongblack
2Proto-Malayic*lutuŋ—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*lutuŋ—
4Proto-Austronesian*luCuŋ—

Words derived from “lutong”

  • malutong
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *luCuŋ →