Where does “apatnapu't pito” come from?

apatnapu't pito (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog pito, from Spanish pito, from Spanish pico, from Old Spanish bico, from Latin beccus, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

apatnapu't pito (Tagalog): forty-seven

Definitions

  1. forty-seven

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

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

via Tagalog pito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpitoseven; whistle
2Spanishpitowhistle; fife; catcall
3Spanishpicobeak; sharp point; pick, pickaxe
4Old Spanishbico
5Latinbeccusbeak, bill
6Latin-āceusaceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to
7Latin-āxish, -y
8Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
9Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
10Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
11Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via Tagalog 't

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalog't

via Tagalog apatnapu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogapatnapuforty
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós
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