Where does “ampahafitony” come from?

ampahafitony (Malagasy) comes from Malagasy fito, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pitu, from Proto-Austronesian pitu, from Proto-Austroasiatic *pitu.

ampahafitony (Malagasy): seventh (the fraction 1/7)

Definitions

  1. seventh (the fraction 1/7)

Ancestry of “ampahafitony”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malagasyfitoseven
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpituseven
3Proto-Austronesianpituseven
4Proto-Austroasiatic*pitu—
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *pitu →Every word from Proto-Austronesian pitu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pitu →