Where does “manunulat” come from?

manunulat (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog man, from English MAN, from English manual, from Middle English manuel, from Anglo-Norman manuel, from Old French manual, from Latin manuālis, from Latin manus — human being; man; hand.

manunulat (Tagalog): writer

Definitions

  1. writer

Ancestry of “manunulat”, step by step

manunulat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog man

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogmanalthough; even if; even though; also
2EnglishMANInitialism of Metropolitan Area Network
3EnglishmanualA handbook; A booklet that instructs on the usage...
4Middle Englishmanuel
5Anglo-Normanmanuelmanual; done with the hands; handle; manual;...
6Old Frenchmanual
7Latinmanuālishand
8Latinmanushand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting
9Proto-Italicmanushand
10Proto-Indo-Europeanman-human being; man; hand

via Tagalog sulat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogsulatwriting; handwriting; letter
2Malaysuratdocument; letter; inscription
3Proto-Malayicsurat
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*suʀat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European man-Every word from Proto-Italic manusEvery word from Latin manus
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