Where does “pagkalisto” come from?

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

Ancestry of “pagkalisto”, step by step

pagkalisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog pagka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpagkaif
2Tagalogpagkamakabagunsakupinneocolonialism

via Bikol Central listo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centrallisto—
2Spanishlistoclever, smart; ready, set, all set, prepared,...
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