Where does “kanapulo” come from?

kanapulo (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano napulo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq, from Proto-Austronesian puluq — ten.

Ancestry of “kanapulo”, step by step

kanapulo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano napulo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanonapuloten; 10
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpuluqten
3Proto-Austronesianpuluqten

via Cebuano ka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoka
Every word from Proto-Austronesian puluq