Where does “pagkahugak” come from?

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

Ancestry of “pagkahugak”, step by step

pagkahugak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog pagka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpagkaif
2Tagalogpagkamakabagunsakupinneocolonialism

via Bikol Central hugak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centralhugak—
Every word from Tagalog pagkamakabagunsakupin →