Where does “ikalabingwalo” come from?

ikalabingwalo (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog labingwalo, from Tagalog walo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian walu, from Proto-Austronesian walu — eight.

ikalabingwalo (Tagalog): eighteenth

Definitions

  1. eighteenth

Ancestry of “ikalabingwalo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglabingwaloeighteen
2Tagalogwaloeight
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwalueight
4Proto-Austronesianwalueight
Every word from Proto-Austronesian walu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian walu →Every word from Tagalog walo →