Where does “Proto-Tagalic” come from?
Proto-Tagalic (English) comes from English proto, from English proto-, from Ancient Greek πρωτο-, from Ancient Greek πρῶτος, from Ancient Greek πρό, from Proto-Indo-European pró, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
Proto-Tagalic (English): A proposed common ancestor of Tagalog and its dialects
Definitions
- A proposed common ancestor of Tagalog and its dialects
Ancestry of “Proto-Tagalic”, step by step
Proto-Tagalic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English proto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | proto | Prototypical; preceding the proper beginning of... |
| 2 | English | proto- | first; most recent common ancestor of; Relating... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πρωτο- | first, primary |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πρῶτος | first; earliest; foremost, most prominent |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πρό | before; before, in front, forth, forward; before,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pró | toward, leading to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via English Tagalic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Tagalic | The language family consisting of Tagalog and its dialects |
| 2 | English | Tagalog | A language spoken in the Philippines, in the area... |
| 3 | Tagalog | Tagalog | The Tagalog language; To speak in the Tagalog... |
| 4 | Tagalog | ilog | river |
| 5 | Proto-Philippine | *iluʀ | river |
| 6 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *iluʀ | river |
| 7 | Proto-Austronesian | *iluʀ | river channel |