Where does “dalubtao” come from?

dalubtao (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog dalub-, from Tagalog dalubhasa, from Malay jurubahasa, from Malay bahasa, from Sanskrit भाषा, from Sanskrit भाष.

dalubtao (Tagalog): anthropologist

Definitions

  1. anthropologist

Ancestry of “dalubtao”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogdalub-expert
2Tagalogdalubhasaexpert
3Malayjurubahasainterpreter
4Malaybahasalanguage; decorum, appropriate social behavior
5Sanskritभाषाspeech, language; any Prakrit dialect or a...
6Sanskritभाष—
Every word from Sanskrit भाष →Every word from Sanskrit भाषा →Every word from Tagalog dalub- →