Where does “kap-atan” come from?

kap-atan (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano upat, from Proto-Philippine əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat, from Proto-Austronesian Səpat — four.

kap-atan (Cebuano): forty

Definitions

  1. forty

Ancestry of “kap-atan”, step by step

kap-atan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano upat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoupatfour
2Proto-Philippineəpatfour
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpatfour
4Proto-AustronesianSəpatfour

via Cebuano ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoka- -anindicates a place where such objects are found
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—

Words derived from “kap-atan”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian Səpat →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat →Every word from Proto-Philippine əpat →