English
kilikili power
Kilikili power comes from Tagalog kilikili ‘armpit’.
- Tagalogmodernkilikili‘armpit’
- Englishtodaykilikili power
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Tagalogmodernkilikili‘armpit’
- Englishtodaykilikili power
A compound of kilikili ‘armpit’ + power
Proto-Italic *possom
Latin possum ‘to be able, can’
Vulgar Latin potēre
Old French poeir ‘to be able; power, ability’
Middle English power
English power
Every English word from Tagalog kilikili
Today it means
noun foul underarm smell; smelly armpit odor
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Tagalog kilikili / kilikili power