Where does “sangkapat” come from?
sangkapat (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog kapat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka-əpat.
sangkapat (Tagalog): one fourth
Ancestry of “sangkapat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | kapat | — |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | ka-əpat | — |