Where does “mamboso” come from?
mamboso (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog boso, from Spanish buzo, from Portuguese búzio, from Old Portuguese buzỹo, from Latin būcinum, from Latin būcina, from Latin bōs, from Ancient Greek βοῦς — army.
mamboso (Tagalog): to peep; to view secretly, without being noticed
Definitions
- to peep; to view secretly, without being noticed
Ancestry of “mamboso”, step by step
mamboso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog boso
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | boso | to peep; to view someone, usually for sexual... |
| 2 | Spanish | buzo | diver; sweatshirt; tracksuit, joggers |
| 3 | Portuguese | búzio | conch; hence trumpet; whelk; pearl fisher |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | buzỹo | — |
| 5 | Latin | būcinum | trumpet call, blast on a trumpet |
| 6 | Latin | būcina | bugle |
| 7 | Latin | bōs | head of cattle (cow, bull, steer, or ox) |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | βοῦς | cow, ox, cattle; shield: ὃτι ἐκ βοείων ἐστι... |
| 9 | Latin | corvus | A raven; a bird associated with prophecy and... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via Proto-Kartvelian mam-
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Kartvelian | mam- | father |