Where does “api” come from?

api (Tausug) comes from Malay Api, from Proto-Malayic api, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian Sapuy — fire.

api (Tausug): fire

Definitions

  1. fire

Ancestry of “api”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalayApifire oxidation reaction
2Proto-Malayicapifire
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhapuyfire
4Proto-AustronesianSapuyfire
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Sapuy →