Where does “manalo” come from?
manalo (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog mang-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN-.
manalo (Tagalog): to win
Ancestry of “manalo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Tagalog | mang- | 3rd actor trigger verb suffix |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *maN- | — |