Where does “pamilihan” come from?

pamilihan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog bili, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəli, from Proto-Austronesian bəli — to buy.

pamilihan (Tagalog): market; marketplace

Definitions

  1. market; marketplace

Ancestry of “pamilihan”, step by step

pamilihan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog bili

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbilipurchase; act of buying; purchase or buying...
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbəlito buy
3Proto-Austronesianbəlito buy

via Tagalog pam- -han

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpam- -han—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian bəli →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəli →Every word from Tagalog bili →