Where does “pataba” come from?

pataba (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog taba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabəq.

pataba (Tagalog): fertilizer

Definitions

  1. fertilizer

Ancestry of “pataba”, step by step

pataba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog taba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtabafat; lard
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*tabəq—

via Bikol Central pa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centralpa—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabəq →Every word from Tagalog taba →