Where does “kanapulog usa” come from?

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

Ancestry of “kanapulog usa”, step by step

kanapulog usa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano napulog usa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanonapulog usaeleven
2Cebuanonapuloten; 10
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpuluqten
4Proto-Austronesianpuluqten

via Cebuano ka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoka
Every word from Proto-Austronesian puluq