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Where does “pilak” come from?
pilak (Tagalog) comes from Malay pirak, from Proto-Malayic pirak.
pilak
(Tagalog): silver
Definitions
silver
Ancestry of “pilak”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Malay
pirak
Obsolete form of perak
2
Proto-Malayic
pirak
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Words derived from “pilak”
kulay-pilak
mapilak
Every word from Proto-Malayic pirak →