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Where does “dahil” come from?

dahil (Tagalog) comes from Malay dalih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dalih.

dahil (Tagalog): because

Definitions

  1. because

Ancestry of “dahil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaydalih—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*dalih—

Words derived from “dahil”

  • dahilan
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dalih →