Where does “semi-kalbo” come from?

semi-kalbo (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog kalbo, from Spanish calvo, from Old Spanish calvo.

semi-kalbo (Tagalog): brush cut; buzzcut

Definitions

  1. brush cut; buzzcut

Ancestry of “semi-kalbo”, step by step

semi-kalbo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog kalbo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkalbobald; bald-headed
2Spanishcalvobald; a bald man
3Old Spanishcalvo—

via Tagalog semi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogsemi—
Every word from Old Spanish calvo →Every word from Spanish calvo →Every word from Tagalog kalbo →