Where does “lutong” come from?

lutong (Tagalog) comes from Malay lotong, from Proto-Malayic *lutuŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lutuŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *luCuŋ — Formosan rock monkey (Macaca cyclopis).

lutong (Tagalog): crispiness; brittleness of crackers, cracklings, chips, etc

Definitions

  1. crispiness; brittleness of crackers, cracklings, chips, etc

Ancestry of “lutong”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylotongblack
2Proto-Malayic*lutuŋlutung any of a group of Old World monkeys making up the genus
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*lutuŋFormosan rock monkey (Macaca cyclopis)
4Proto-Austronesian*luCuŋFormosan rock monkey (Macaca cyclopis)

Words derived from “lutong”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *luCuŋ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lutuŋ →Every word from Proto-Malayic *lutuŋ →
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