Where does “pamantayan” come from?

pamantayan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog pantay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pantay.

pamantayan (Tagalog): standard

Definitions

  1. standard

Ancestry of “pamantayan”, step by step

pamantayan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog pantay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpantaylevel; even
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*pantay—

via Tagalog pam- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpam- -anfor roots with initials and, which will usually have them removed
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pantay →Every word from Tagalog pantay →