Where does “balngawsugasukat” come from?

balngawsugasukat (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog sukat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sukat.

balngawsugasukat (Tagalog): spectrophotometer

Definitions

  1. spectrophotometer

Ancestry of “balngawsugasukat”, step by step

balngawsugasukat traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog sukat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogsukatmeasurement; measure; dimension
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*sukat

via Cebuano suga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanosugalight

via Tagalog balangaw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbalangawrainbow

Words derived from “balngawsugasukat

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sukat