Where does “tag-asa” come from?

tag-asa (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano -a, from Proto-Austronesian *-a.

Ancestry of “tag-asa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuano-acreates imperative forms of verbs
2Proto-Austronesian*-a—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *-a →Every word from Cebuano -a →
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