Where does “pagkamasiri” come from?

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

Ancestry of “pagkamasiri”, step by step

pagkamasiri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog pagka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpagkaif
2Tagalogpagkamakabagunsakupinneocolonialism

via Bikol Central masiri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centralmasiri—
2Bikol Centralma-Used to form adjectives indicating a quality;...
Every word from Tagalog pagkamakabagunsakupin →Every word from Tagalog pagka →
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