Where does “bilanggotanan” come from?

bilanggotanan (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano tanan, from Proto-Philippine *tanan.

bilanggotanan (Cebuano): lockdown

Definitions

  1. lockdown

Ancestry of “bilanggotanan”, step by step

bilanggotanan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano tanan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanotananeveryone, everything, everybody; all
2Proto-Philippine*tanan—

via Cebuano bilanggo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanobilanggosheriff; constable; prisoner; to imprison
Every word from Proto-Philippine *tanan →Every word from Cebuano tanan →