Where does “madahon” come from?

madahon (Tagalog) comes from Bikol Central dahon, from Proto-Philippine dahun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dahun — leaf.

madahon (Tagalog): leafy; full of leaves

Definitions

  1. leafy; full of leaves

Ancestry of “madahon”, step by step

madahon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bikol Central dahon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centraldahonleaf
2Proto-Philippinedahunleaf
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandahunleaf

via Tagalog dahon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogdahonleaf
2Proto-Austronesian*dahun—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dahun →Every word from Proto-Philippine dahun →Every word from Bikol Central dahon →