Where does “malagatas” come from?

malagatas (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog gatas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatas — milk.

malagatas (Tagalog): milky; milkish

Definitions

  1. milky; milkish

Ancestry of “malagatas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloggatasmilk
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ʀatasmilk
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀatas →Every word from Tagalog gatas →
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