Where does “apatnapu't apat” come from?

apatnapu't apat (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog apat, from Proto-Philippine *a-əpat.

apatnapu't apat (Tagalog): forty-four

Definitions

  1. forty-four

Ancestry of “apatnapu't apat”, step by step

apatnapu't apat traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog apat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogapatfour
2Proto-Philippine*a-əpat—

via Tagalog 't

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalog't—

via Tagalog apatnapu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogapatnapuforty
Every word from Proto-Philippine *a-əpat →