Where does “pabalang” come from?
pabalang (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog pa, from Tagalog papa, from English papa, from Portuguese papá, from French papa, from Middle French papa, from Old French papa, from Latin papa — to scrape, shave, sharpen.
pabalang (Tagalog): disrespectfully
Definitions
- disrespectfully
Ancestry of “pabalang”, step by step
pabalang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog pa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | pa | (not) yet |
| 2 | Tagalog | papa | dad; daddy |
| 3 | English | papa | Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned... |
| 4 | Portuguese | papá | dad; daddy; father; food |
| 5 | French | papa | papa, a child's father; also as form of address:... |
| 6 | Middle French | papa | — |
| 7 | Old French | papa | — |
| 8 | Latin | papa | an infant's cry for food; father; bishop |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | παπᾶς | priest |
| 10 | Old Norse | súla | pillar, column |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | sūliz | beam, post; column, pillar |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsewl- | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsew- | to scrape, shave, sharpen |
via Wiradhuri balang
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wiradhuri | balang | head |
| 2 | Tagalog | bala | bullet |
| 3 | Spanish | bala | bullet |
| 4 | French | balle | (small) ball |
| 5 | Middle French | balle | ball; bundle |
| 6 | Italian | balla | large bundle, torsello, bale, reap; falsehood,... |
| 7 | Old French | balle | — |
| 8 | Medieval Latin | balla | — |
| 9 | Frankish | balla | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | balluz | round object, ball; ball of the hand, foot, etc |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |