Where does “pagkaalang” come from?

pagkaalang (Bikol Central) comes from Tagalog pagka, from Tagalog pagkamakabagunsakupin — neocolonialism.

Ancestry of “pagkaalang”, step by step

pagkaalang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog pagka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpagkaif
2Tagalogpagkamakabagunsakupinneocolonialism

via Bikol Central alang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centralalangdry; dried fish
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