Where does “poon” come from?

poon (Tagalog) comes from Proto-Austronesian puqun.

poon (Tagalog): lord; master; image of a saint

Definitions

  1. lord; master; image of a saint

Ancestry of “poon”, step by step

poon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Austronesian puqun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesianpuqun

via Cantonese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cantonese
Every word from Proto-Austronesian puqun
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