Where does “punong tanggapan” come from?

punong tanggapan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog tanggapan, from Tagalog -an, from Proto-Philippine *-an, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -an, from Proto-Austronesian -an — Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...

punong tanggapan (Tagalog): headquarters; head office

Definitions

  1. headquarters; head office

Ancestry of “punong tanggapan”, step by step

punong tanggapan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog tanggapan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtanggapanoffice
2Tagalog-anobject trigger: to do something to a person or a...
3Proto-Philippine*-anverbal suffix marking locative focus
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian-anVerbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...
5Proto-Austronesian-anVerbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...

via Tagalog Puno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagalogPunotree
2Proto-Philippinepənuq
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpənuq
4Proto-AustronesianpəNuqfull
Every word from Proto-Austronesian -an