Where does “apatnapu't tatlo” come from?

apatnapu't tatlo (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog tatlo, from Proto-Philippine *ta-təlu.

apatnapu't tatlo (Tagalog): forty-three

Definitions

  1. forty-three

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

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

via Tagalog tatlo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtatlothree
2Proto-Philippine*ta-təlu—

via Tagalog 't

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalog't—

via Tagalog apatnapu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogapatnapuforty
Every word from Proto-Philippine *ta-təlu →