Where does “Madla” come from?

Madla (Cebuano) comes from Tagalog madla, from Sanskrit मण्डल, from Sanskrit -ल, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Madla (Cebuano): most common among residents of Tagalog origin in Misamis Oriental

Definitions

  1. most common among residents of Tagalog origin in Misamis Oriental

Ancestry of “Madla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogmadlapublic; community; general public
2Sanskritमण्डलcircular, round; disk; anything round
3Sanskrit-लan adjectival or nominal suffix: relating to, belonging to, having, similar to, etc
4Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Sanskrit -ल →Every word from Sanskrit मण्डल →
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