Replied to JiKo (@jikomayo@mastodon.world) (Mastodon)
I just realized the Tagalog word "tsuper" (driver) sounds a lot like the French word "chauffeur."

@jikomayo@mastodon.world it was borrowed from Spanish “chofer” [1] that was in turn borrowed the French word [2].

[1] https://www.diksiyonaryo.ph/search/tsuper
[2] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chofer#Spanish

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