Where does “daang libo” come from?
daang libo (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog libo, from Malay ribu, from Proto-Malayic *ribu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu — thousand.
daang libo (Tagalog): hundred thousand
Ancestry of “daang libo”, step by step
daang libo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog libo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | libo | thousand |
| 2 | Malay | ribu | thousand; million |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | *ribu | — |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *ʀibu | thousand |
via Tagalog daan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | daan | path, way, road; hundred |
| 2 | Proto-Philippine | dalan | path a trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians; a course taken (made by humans as opposed to an animal) |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | zalan | path |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | zalan | path |