Where does “kanapulog pito” come from?
kanapulog pito (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano napulog pito, from Cebuano pito, from Spanish pito, from Spanish pico, from Old Spanish bico, from Latin beccus, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
Ancestry of “kanapulog pito”, step by step
kanapulog pito traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Cebuano napulog pito
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cebuano | napulog pito | seventeen |
| 2 | Cebuano | pito | seven; 7; a whistle; the sound of a whistle |
| 3 | Spanish | pito | whistle; fife; catcall |
| 4 | Spanish | pico | beak; sharp point; pick, pickaxe |
| 5 | Old Spanish | bico | — |
| 6 | Latin | beccus | beak, bill |
| 7 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 8 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 9 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 10 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Cebuano ka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cebuano | ka | — |