Where does “malapad” come from?

malapad (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog lapad, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian de(M)pad.

malapad (Tagalog): wide

Definitions

  1. wide

Ancestry of “malapad”, step by step

malapad traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog lapad

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglapadwideness
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiande(M)pad—

via Ratagnon ma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ratagnonma—

via Ratagnon lapad

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ratagnonlapad—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian de(M)pad →Every word from Tagalog lapad →