Where does “palapag” come from?

palapag (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog pa-, from Proto-Austronesian pa- — causative prefix.

palapag (Tagalog): storey of a building; floor

Definitions

  1. storey of a building; floor

Ancestry of “palapag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpa-"adverbial prefix" - "Indicates process of...
2Proto-Austronesianpa-causative prefix
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