Where does “tatlong-kapat” come from?

tatlong-kapat (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog tatlo, from Proto-Philippine *ta-təlu.

tatlong-kapat (Tagalog): three fourths

Definitions

  1. three fourths

Ancestry of “tatlong-kapat”, step by step

tatlong-kapat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog tatlo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtatlothree
2Proto-Philippine*ta-təlu—

via Tagalog kapat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkapatquarter; fourth
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianka-əpat—
Every word from Proto-Philippine *ta-təlu →