Where does “patampulo” come from?

patampulo (Makasar) comes from Makasar pulo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq, from Proto-Austronesian puluq — ten.

patampulo (Makasar): forty

Definitions

  1. forty

Ancestry of “patampulo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarpuloprecategorial root related to the number ten
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpuluqten
3Proto-Austronesianpuluqten
Every word from Proto-Austronesian puluq →