Where does “pamunuan” come from?

pamunuan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog Puno, from Proto-Philippine pənuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pənuq, from Proto-Austronesian pəNuq — full.

pamunuan (Tagalog): management; administration; board of officers

Definitions

  1. management; administration; board of officers

Ancestry of “pamunuan”, step by step

pamunuan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog Puno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagalogPunotree
2Proto-Philippinepənuq
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpənuq
4Proto-AustronesianpəNuqfull

via Tagalog pam- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpam- -anfor roots with initials and, which will usually have them removed
Every word from Proto-Austronesian pəNuq