Where does “dalawampu't apat” come from?

dalawampu't apat (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog apat, from Proto-Philippine *a-əpat.

dalawampu't apat (Tagalog): twenty-four

Definitions

  1. twenty-four

Ancestry of “dalawampu't apat”, step by step

dalawampu't apat traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog apat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogapatfour
2Proto-Philippine*a-əpat

via Tagalog Dalawampu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagalogDalawampumostly found in Batangas
2Tagalogdalawamputwenty

via Tagalog 't

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalog't
Every word from Proto-Philippine *a-əpat