Where does “pagkapayter” come from?

pagkapayter (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano payter, from English fighter, from Middle English fightere, from Old English feohtere, from Old English -ere, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

pagkapayter (Cebuano): awesomeness

Definitions

  1. awesomeness

Ancestry of “pagkapayter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanopaytera fighter
2EnglishfighterA person who fights; a combatant; A warrior;...
3Middle EnglishfightereA soldier or combatant; a person in combat
4Old Englishfeohterefighter, warrior
5Old English-eremasculine agent suffix, originally applied only...
6Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
7Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
8Latin-āriuser
9Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios