Where does “makanapulog pito” come from?

makanapulog 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.

makanapulog pito (Cebuano): seventeen times

Definitions

  1. seventeen times

Ancestry of “makanapulog pito”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanonapulog pitoseventeen
2Cebuanopitoseven; 7; a whistle; the sound of a whistle
3Spanishpitowhistle; fife; catcall
4Spanishpicobeak; sharp point; pick, pickaxe
5Old Spanishbico
6Latinbeccusbeak, bill
7Latin-āceusaceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to
8Latin-āxish, -y
9Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
10Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
11Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
12Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós