Where does “gunimbilang” come from?

gunimbilang (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog bilang, from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ — to count, to calculate.

gunimbilang (Tagalog): imaginary number

Definitions

  1. imaginary number

Ancestry of “gunimbilang”, step by step

gunimbilang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog bilang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbilangnumber; quantity; to count
2Proto-Austronesian*bilaŋto count, to calculate

via Tagalog guni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloggunimind
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ →Every word from Tagalog bilang →