Where does “tigpautang” come from?

tigpautang (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano pautang, from Cebuano pa-, from Proto-Philippine pa-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pa-, from Proto-Austronesian pa- — causative prefix.

tigpautang (Cebuano): a person who lends money and charges interest,...

Definitions

  1. a person who lends money and charges interest,...

Ancestry of “tigpautang”, step by step

tigpautang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano pautang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CebuanopautangTo loan
2Cebuanopa-do something for something to
3Proto-Philippinepa-—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpa-—
5Proto-Austronesianpa-causative prefix

via Cebuano tig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanotiga gofer; a worker who runs errands
2Cebuanotig-Used to form agent nouns
Every word from Proto-Austronesian pa- →Every word from Cebuano pa- →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pa- →