Where does “sulat pambisnes” come from?

sulat pambisnes (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog sulat, from Malay surat, from Proto-Malayic surat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat.

sulat pambisnes (Tagalog): business letter

Definitions

  1. business letter

Ancestry of “sulat pambisnes”, step by step

sulat pambisnes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog sulat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogsulatwriting; handwriting; letter
2Malaysuratdocument; letter; inscription
3Proto-Malayicsurat—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*suʀat—

via Tagalog pambisnes

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpambisnes—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat →Every word from Proto-Malayic surat →Every word from Malay surat →