Where does “pultaon” come from?

pultaon (Tagalog) comes from Cebuano pulo, from Proto-Philippine pujuq.

pultaon (Tagalog): decade

Definitions

  1. decade

Ancestry of “pultaon”, step by step

pultaon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano pulo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanopuloan island; a contiguous area of land, smaller...
2Proto-Philippinepujuq—

via Tagalog taon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtaonyear
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantaqunyear
Every word from Proto-Philippine pujuq →Every word from Cebuano pulo →