Where does “pagkaalarma” come from?
pagkaalarma (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano alarma, from Spanish alarma, from Italian allarme, from French alarme, from Italian all'arme, from Latin arma, from Late Latin armistitium, from Latin sistere — to stand.
pagkaalarma (Cebuano): an instance of being alarmed
Definitions
- an instance of being alarmed
Ancestry of “pagkaalarma”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Cebuano | alarma | an alarm; to alarm |
| 2 | Spanish | alarma | alarm |
| 3 | Italian | allarme | alarm; alert |
| 4 | French | alarme | alarm |
| 5 | Italian | all'arme | |
| 6 | Latin | arma | defensive arms, armor/armour, shields, weapons of... |
| 7 | Late Latin | armistitium | — |
| 8 | Latin | sistere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | stísteh₂ti | to be standing up, to be getting up |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |