Where does “pulo” come from?
pulo (Tagalog) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq, from Proto-Austronesian puluq — ten.
pulo (Tagalog): island
Ancestry of “pulo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | puluq | ten |
| 2 | Proto-Austronesian | puluq | ten |