Where does “pagkaribong” come from?

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

Ancestry of “pagkaribong”, step by step

pagkaribong traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog pagka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpagkaif
2Tagalogpagkamakabagunsakupinneocolonialism

via Bikol Central ribong

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centralribong—
Every word from Tagalog pagkamakabagunsakupin →Every word from Tagalog pagka →