Where does “talunin” come from?

talunin (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog talon, from Spanish talón, from Vulgar Latin *tālō.

talunin (Tagalog): to defeat

Definitions

  1. to defeat

Ancestry of “talunin”, step by step

talunin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog talon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtalonjump; leap from a height
2Spanishtalónheel; check
3Vulgar Latin*tālō—

via Tagalog talo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtalodispute; argument; quarrel; defeat; loss; loser
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantalu—
Every word from Vulgar Latin *tālō →
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