Where does “pagsulat” come from?

pagsulat (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog sulat, from Malay surat, from Proto-Malayic surat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat.

pagsulat (Tagalog): writing; act of writing

Definitions

  1. writing; act of writing

Ancestry of “pagsulat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogsulatwriting; handwriting; letter
2Malaysuratdocument; letter; inscription
3Proto-Malayicsurat—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*suʀat—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat →Every word from Proto-Malayic surat →Every word from Malay surat →