Where does “taro” come from?

taro (Welsh) comes from English Taro, from Maori taro, from Proto-Polynesian talo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taləs — taro.

taro (Welsh): to strike, hit

Definitions

  1. to strike, hit

Ancestry of “taro”, step by step

taro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Taro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTaroColocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato
2Maoritarotaro; bread
3Proto-Polynesiantalotaro, eddo
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantaləstaro

via Proto-Indo-European terh₁-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce

Words derived from “taro”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taləs →