Where does “ubas” come from?
ubas (Waray-Waray) comes from Spanish uva, from Latin uva, from Proto-Italic *oiwā.
ubas (Waray-Waray): grape
Ancestry of “ubas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | uva | grape |
| 2 | Latin | uva | grape; ablative singular of ūva |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *oiwā | — |