Where does “pagsusulat” come from?

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

pagsusulat (Tagalog): writing

Definitions

  1. writing

Ancestry of “pagsusulat”, 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 →