Where does “kapulu” come from?

kapulu (Kapampangan) comes from Kapampangan apulu, from Proto-Philippine *puluq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq, from Proto-Austronesian puluq — ten.

kapulu (Kapampangan): tenth

Definitions

  1. tenth

Ancestry of “kapulu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampanganapuluten
2Proto-Philippine*puluq—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpuluqten
4Proto-Austronesianpuluqten
Every word from Proto-Austronesian puluq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq →Every word from Proto-Philippine *puluq →
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