Where does “sangkapat” come from?

sangkapat (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog kapat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka-əpat.

sangkapat (Tagalog): one fourth

Definitions

  1. one fourth

Ancestry of “sangkapat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkapatquarter; fourth
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianka-əpat
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka-əpatEvery word from Tagalog kapat