Where does “napulo'g pito” come from?

napulo'g pito (Hiligaynon) comes from Hiligaynon pito, from Spanish pito, from Spanish pico, from Old Spanish bico, from Latin beccus, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

napulo'g pito (Hiligaynon): seventeen

Definitions

  1. seventeen

Ancestry of “napulo'g pito”, step by step

napulo'g pito traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Hiligaynon pito

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

via Hiligaynon kag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hiligaynonkagand, as well as

via Hiligaynon napulo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hiligaynonnapuloten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós