Where does “madlakasan” come from?

madlakasan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog madla, from Sanskrit मण्डल, from Sanskrit -ल, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

madlakasan (Tagalog): democracy

Definitions

  1. democracy

Ancestry of “madlakasan”, step by step

madlakasan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog madla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogmadlapublic; community; general public
2Sanskritमण्डलcircular, round; disk; anything round
3Sanskrit-लan adjectival or nominal suffix: relating to, belonging to, having, similar to, etc
4Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Tagalog lakas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglakasstrength; power; force; loudness; volume;...
2MalaylekasQuickly or fast
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ləkasquick
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Sanskrit -ल →Every word from Sanskrit मण्डल →