Where does “sangguniang bayan” come from?
sangguniang bayan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog sanggunian, from Tagalog -an, from Proto-Philippine *-an, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -an, from Proto-Austronesian -an — Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...
sangguniang bayan (Tagalog): municipal council; town council
Definitions
- municipal council; town council
Ancestry of “sangguniang bayan”, step by step
sangguniang bayan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog sanggunian
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | sanggunian | reference |
| 2 | Tagalog | -an | object trigger: to do something to a person or a... |
| 3 | Proto-Philippine | *-an | verbal suffix marking locative focus |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | -an | Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal... |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | -an | Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal... |
via Tagalog bayan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | bayan | town; municipality; nation; country; motherland;... |