Where does “palusot” come from?

palusot (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.

palusot (Tagalog): pretense; excuse; alibi

Definitions

  1. pretense; excuse; alibi

Ancestry of “palusot”, step by step

palusot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog pa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpa(not) yet
2Tagalogpapadad; daddy
3EnglishpapaDad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned...
4Portuguesepapádad; daddy; father; food
5Frenchpapapapa, a child's father; also as form of address:...
6Middle Frenchpapa
7Old Frenchpapa
8Latinpapaan infant's cry for food; father; bishop
9Ancient Greekπαπᾶςpriest
10Old Norsesúlapillar, column
11Proto-Germanicsūlizbeam, post; column, pillar
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsewl-
13Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsew-to scrape, shave, sharpen

via Tagalog lusot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglusotpassing through; penetrating through
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱsew-