Where does “sanlibo” come from?

sanlibo (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog libo, from Malay ribu, from Proto-Malayic *ribu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu — thousand.

sanlibo (Tagalog): one thousand

Definitions

  1. one thousand

Ancestry of “sanlibo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglibothousand
2Malayributhousand; million
3Proto-Malayic*ribu—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ʀibuthousand
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu →Every word from Proto-Malayic *ribu →Every word from Malay ribu →