The story
- Tagalog · derived frommabulo
- Philippine Spanish · borrowed frommabolo
- English todaymabolo
Borrowed from Philippine Spanish mabolo, from Tagalog mabulo.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
mabolo
Today it means: A kind of persimmon tree (Diospyros blancoi) from the Philippine Islands, now introduced into the East and West Indies. Full definition →
Philippine Spanish mabolo ← Tagalog mabulo