Where does “kasulatan” come from?

kasulatan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog sulat, from Malay surat, from Proto-Malayic surat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat.

kasulatan (Tagalog): document

Definitions

  1. document

Ancestry of “kasulatan”, step by step

kasulatan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog sulat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogsulatwriting; handwriting; letter
2Malaysuratdocument; letter; inscription
3Proto-Malayicsurat—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*suʀat—

via Tagalog ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -anused to form abstract nouns
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat →Every word from Proto-Malayic surat →Every word from Malay surat →