Where does “humigit-kumulang” come from?

humigit-kumulang (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog humigit, from Tagalog -um-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -um-, from Proto-Austronesian -um- — inflectional infix marking actor voice.

humigit-kumulang (Tagalog): more or less; approximately; about

Definitions

  1. more or less; approximately; about

Ancestry of “humigit-kumulang”, step by step

humigit-kumulang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog humigit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloghumigitto exceed; to be beyond a limit
2Tagalog-um-Infix form of um-
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian-um-inflectional affix marking actor voice
4Proto-Austronesian-um-inflectional infix marking actor voice

via Tagalog kumulang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkumulangto be less
2Tagalogkulanglacking; incomplete
3Malaykurangless; fewer; not enough
4Proto-Malayic*kuraŋ—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian -um- →