Where does “palaba” come from?
palaba (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog laba, from English lava, from Italian lava, from Neapolitan lava, from Latin lābēs, from Latin lābor, from Old Latin labos, from Romanian labă — fox.
palaba (Tagalog): washing of clothes
Definitions
- washing of clothes
Ancestry of “palaba”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | laba | washing of clothes; laundering; laundry |
| 2 | English | lava | The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its... |
| 3 | Italian | lava | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 4 | Neapolitan | lava | a torrent of rain which washed the streets |
| 5 | Latin | lābēs | fall, collapse |
| 6 | Latin | lābor | work |
| 7 | Old Latin | labos | — |
| 8 | Romanian | labă | palm; paw |
| 9 | Hungarian | láb | leg; foot; support, stand |
| 10 | Proto-Uralic | luwe | bone |
| 11 | Proto-Iranian | *Hrawpācáh | fox |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hrawpāćás | fox |