Where does “pagkamaisip” come from?

pagkamaisip (Bikol Central) comes from Bikol Central maisip, from Bikol Central isip, from Proto-Austronesian *ísip.

Ancestry of “pagkamaisip”, step by step

pagkamaisip traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bikol Central maisip

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centralmaisip—
2Bikol Centralisip—
3Proto-Austronesian*ísip—

via Tagalog pagka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpagkaif
2Tagalogpagkamakabagunsakupinneocolonialism
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ísip →Every word from Bikol Central isip →Every word from Bikol Central maisip →