Where does “mamuti” come from?

mamuti (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog puti, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian putiq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)putiq — white.

mamuti (Tagalog): to turn white; to whiten

Definitions

  1. to turn white; to whiten

Ancestry of “mamuti”, step by step

mamuti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog puti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogputiwhite; white; Caucasian
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianputiqwhite
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)putiqwhite

via Proto-Kartvelian mam-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Kartvelianmam-father
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)putiq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian putiq →Every word from Tagalog puti →