Where does “libuntaon” come from?

libuntaon (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog libo, from Malay ribu, from Proto-Malayic *ribu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu — thousand.

libuntaon (Tagalog): millennium

Definitions

  1. millennium

Ancestry of “libuntaon”, step by step

libuntaon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog libo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglibothousand
2Malayributhousand; million
3Proto-Malayic*ribu—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ʀibuthousand

via Tagalog taon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtaonyear
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantaqunyear
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