English
ampalaya
Ampalaya comes from Tagalog ampalaya ‘bitter melon’, and goes back to Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paria.
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*paria‘bitter melon’reconstructed
- Tagalogmodernampalaya‘bitter melon’
- Englishearliest quotation 2016same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*paria‘bitter melon’reconstructed
- Tagalogmodernampalaya‘bitter melon’
- Englishearliest quotation 2016same form
Earliest quotation: 2016, Micky Fenix, What the early Filipinos ate at the time of the Spaniards: “As we can all guess correctly, bitterness was obtained…”
Every English word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paria
Today it means
noun bitter melon
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paria / ampalaya