Where does “pagkagadan” come from?

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

Ancestry of “pagkagadan”, step by step

pagkagadan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog pagka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpagkaif
2Tagalogpagkamakabagunsakupinneocolonialism

via Bikol Central gadan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centralgadandead; corpse; deceased
Every word from Tagalog pagkamakabagunsakupin →Every word from Tagalog pagka →
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