Tagalog babae

← Cebuano babaye (cognate)

← Ilocano babai (cognate)

← Proto-Austronesian *ba-bahi (inherited)

← Kapampangan babai (cognate)

← Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba-bahi (inherited)

→ Malagasy vavy (cognate)

→ Tagalog babaihin (suffix)

→ Tagalog mambabae (prefix)

→ Tagalog babaero (suffix)