Where does “tanghaling-tapat” come from?

tanghaling-tapat (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog tanghali, from Malay tengah hari, from Malay hari, from Proto-Malayic ari, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian waʀi, from Proto-Austronesian waʀi — day; sun; to dry.

tanghaling-tapat (Tagalog): high noon

Definitions

  1. high noon

Ancestry of “tanghaling-tapat”, step by step

tanghaling-tapat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog tanghali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtanghalinoon, noontime
2Malaytengah harinoon
3Malayhariday
4Proto-Malayicariday
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwaʀiday
6Proto-Austronesianwaʀiday; sun; to dry

via Tagalog tapat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtapathonest; truthful; sincere; loyal
Every word from Proto-Austronesian waʀi →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian waʀi →Every word from Proto-Malayic ari →