Where does “mumo” come from?
mumo (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog multo, from Spanish muerto, from Vulgar Latin mortus, from Latin mortuus, from Proto-Italic mortwos, from Proto-Indo-European mr̥twós, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.
mumo (Tagalog): particles of cooked rice falling of the plate or...
Definitions
- particles of cooked rice falling of the plate or...
Ancestry of “mumo”, step by step
mumo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog multo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | multo | ghost; specter; spirit of a deceased person |
| 2 | Spanish | muerto | dead; exhausted; dead tired; a dead person |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | mortus | — |
| 4 | Latin | mortuus | dead, having died; decayed, withered; faint,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | mortwos | dead |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mr̥twós | dead |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mer- | to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland |
via Proto-Philippine *muhmuh
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Philippine | *muhmuh | — |