Where does “apatnapu't walo” come from?

apatnapu't walo (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog walo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian walu, from Proto-Austronesian walu — eight.

apatnapu't walo (Tagalog): forty-eight

Definitions

  1. forty-eight

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

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

via Tagalog walo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogwaloeight
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwalueight
3Proto-Austronesianwalueight

via Tagalog 't

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalog't

via Tagalog apatnapu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogapatnapuforty
Every word from Proto-Austronesian walu