Where does “ipapatay” come from?

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

ipapatay (Tagalog): to be asked or requested to be killed or to be executed

Definitions

  1. to be asked or requested to be killed or to be executed

Ancestry of “ipapatay”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpataythe dead body of a person; cadaver; corpse; the...
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianp-ataydead
3Proto-AustronesianaCay—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian aCay →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian p-atay →Every word from Tagalog patay →
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