Where does “pa-” come from?

pa- (Proto-Philippine) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pa-, from Proto-Austronesian pa- — causative prefix.

Ancestry of “pa-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpa-—
2Proto-Austronesianpa-causative prefix

Words derived from “pa-”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian pa- →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pa- →