Where does “mangabayo” come from?

mangabayo (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog kabayo, from Spanish caballo, from New Latin cavallus, from Latin caballus, from Proto-Celtic kaballos — horse.

mangabayo (Tagalog): to ride a horse; to go horseback riding

Definitions

  1. to ride a horse; to go horseback riding

Ancestry of “mangabayo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkabayohorse; ironing board
2Spanishcaballohorse; knight; heroin
3New Latincavallushorse
4Latincaballushorse; nag; pack-horse, jade, hack
5Proto-Celtickaballoshorse
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