Where does “ipampatay” come from?

ipampatay (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog patay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian p-atay, from Proto-Austronesian aCay.

ipampatay (Tagalog): to be used to kill

Definitions

  1. to be used to kill

Ancestry of “ipampatay”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpataythe dead body of a person; cadaver; corpse; the...
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianp-ataydead
3Proto-AustronesianaCay—
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