Where does “pag-agawan” come from?

pag-agawan (Higaonon) comes from Cebuano agaw, from Proto-Austronesian *qaʀaw.

pag-agawan (Higaonon): rival

Definitions

  1. rival

Ancestry of “pag-agawan”, step by step

pag-agawan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano agaw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoagawa cousin; a form of address to a cousin; a...
2Proto-Austronesian*qaʀaw—

via Higaonon pag- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Higaononpag- -an—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *qaʀaw →Every word from Cebuano agaw →