Where does “pabayaan” come from?

pabayaan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog pabaya, from Swahili -baya, from Cornish bay, from Middle Cornish bay, from Middle English baye, from Old English beġ — berry.

pabayaan (Tagalog): to neglect; to abandon

Definitions

  1. to neglect; to abandon

Ancestry of “pabayaan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpabayacareless; negligent
2Swahili-baya—
3Cornishbaykiss
4Middle Cornishbay—
5Middle Englishbaye—
6Old Englishbeġberry
Every word from Old English beġ →Every word from Middle English baye →Every word from Swahili -baya →