Where does “kapuluan” come from?
kapuluan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog pulo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq, from Proto-Austronesian puluq — ten.
kapuluan (Tagalog): archipelago
Ancestry of “kapuluan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | pulo | island |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | puluq | ten |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | puluq | ten |