Where does “hatimbutod” come from?

hatimbutod (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog butod, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buntuD.

hatimbutod (Tagalog): mitosis

Definitions

  1. mitosis

Ancestry of “hatimbutod”, step by step

hatimbutod traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog butod

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbutodnucleus
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*buntuD—

via Tagalog hati

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloghatidivision
2Tausughati'—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buntuD →Every word from Tagalog butod →
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