Where does “Tagala” come from?
Tagala (Tagalog) comes from Spanish tagala, from Spanish tagalo, from Tagalog Tagalog, from Tagalog ilog, from Proto-Philippine *iluʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iluʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *iluʀ.
Ancestry of “Tagala”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | tagala | feminine singular of tagalo |
| 2 | Spanish | tagalo | Tagalog |
| 3 | Tagalog | Tagalog | The Tagalog language; To speak in the Tagalog... |
| 4 | Tagalog | ilog | river |
| 5 | Proto-Philippine | *iluʀ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *iluʀ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Austronesian | *iluʀ | — |