Where does “daantaon” come from?
daantaon (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog daan, from Proto-Philippine dalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan, from Proto-Austronesian zalan — path.
daantaon (Tagalog): century
Ancestry of “daantaon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | daan | path, way, road; hundred |
| 2 | Proto-Philippine | dalan | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | zalan | path |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | zalan | path |