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Where does “tapa” come from?

tapa (Tagalog) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tapa, from Proto-Austronesian *Capa.

Ancestry of “tapa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*tapa—
2Proto-Austronesian*Capa—
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