Where does “napulo” come from?

napulo (Waray-Waray) comes from Proto-Philippine *puluq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq, from Proto-Austronesian puluq — ten.

napulo (Waray-Waray): ten

Definitions

  1. ten

Ancestry of “napulo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*puluq—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpuluqten
3Proto-Austronesianpuluqten
Every word from Proto-Austronesian puluq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq →Every word from Proto-Philippine *puluq →