Where does “kap-atan” come from?

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

kap-atan (Hiligaynon): forty

Definitions

  1. forty

Ancestry of “kap-atan”, step by step

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

via Hiligaynon apat

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

via Hiligaynon ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hiligaynonka- -an—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Səpat →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat →Every word from Proto-Philippine əpat →