Where does “pagkarayo” come from?

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

Ancestry of “pagkarayo”, step by step

pagkarayo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog pagka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpagkaif
2Tagalogpagkamakabagunsakupinneocolonialism

via Bikol Central rayo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centralrayo—
2Proto-Philippine*adayuq—
Every word from Tagalog pagkamakabagunsakupin →Every word from Tagalog pagka →