English
mabolo
Mabolo comes from Tagalog mabulo ‘downy’, from bulo ‘hair covering’, and ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu.
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*bulu‘body hair’reconstructed
- Tagalogmodernbulo‘hair covering’
- Tagalog, derivedmodernmabulo‘downy’
- Philippine Spanishmodernmabolo
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*bulu‘body hair’reconstructed
- Tagalogmodernbulo‘hair covering’
- Tagalog, derivedmodernmabulo‘downy’
- Philippine Spanishmodernmabolo
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu
Today it means
noun A kind of persimmon tree (Diospyros blancoi) from the Philippine Islands, now introduced into the East and West Indies.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu / mabolo