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

anthropologist

Ancestry of “dalubtao”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Tagalog	dalub-	expert
2	Tagalog	dalubhasa	expert
3	Malay	jurubahasa	interpreter
4	Malay	bahasa	language; decorum, appropriate social behavior
5	Sanskrit	भाषा	speech, language; any Prakrit dialect or a...
6	Sanskrit	भाष	—

Every word from Sanskrit भाष →Every word from Sanskrit भाषा →Every word from Tagalog dalub- →