Where does “yamo” come from?

yamo (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog bayaan, from Swahili -baya, from Cornish bay, from Middle Cornish bay, from Middle English baye, from Old English beġ — berry.

yamo (Tagalog): covetousness; avarice; stubble

Definitions

  1. covetousness; avarice; stubble

Ancestry of “yamo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbayaanto leave alone; to let alone (someone or something)
2Swahili-baya—
3Cornishbaykiss
4Middle Cornishbay—
5Middle Englishbaye—
6Old Englishbeġberry

Words derived from “yamo”

Every word from Old English beġ →