Where does “ampahafolony” come from?

ampahafolony (Malagasy) comes from Malagasy folo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq, from Proto-Austronesian puluq — ten.

ampahafolony (Malagasy): one tenth (the fraction 1/10)

Definitions

  1. one tenth (the fraction 1/10)

Ancestry of “ampahafolony”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malagasyfoloten
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpuluqten
3Proto-Austronesianpuluqten
Every word from Proto-Austronesian puluq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq →Every word from Malagasy folo →