Where does “sabongero” come from?
sabongero (Cebuano) comes from Tagalog -ero, from Spanish -ero, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
sabongero (Cebuano): a cockfighter; one who engages in a cockfight
Definitions
- a cockfighter; one who engages in a cockfight
Ancestry of “sabongero”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Tagalog | -ero | forms occupations and other agent nouns from... |
| 2 | Spanish | -ero | forms occupations and other agent nouns from... |
| 3 | Latin | -ārium | — |
| 4 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |