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Where does “sangkatlo” come from?

sangkatlo (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog katlo, from Tagalog Ka-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka-, from Proto-Austronesian ka-.

sangkatlo (Tagalog): a one-third; one-third

Definitions

  1. a one-third; one-third

Ancestry of “sangkatlo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkatlo—
2TagalogKa-—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianka-—
4Proto-Austronesianka-—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian ka- →