Where does “bakwit” come from?

bakwit (Ilocano) comes from English evacuate, from Latin evacuatus, from Latin ēvacuō, from Latin ēx-, from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.

bakwit (Ilocano): an evacuee

Definitions

  1. an evacuee

Ancestry of “bakwit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishevacuateTo leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire...
2Latinevacuatusemptied out; evacuated
3Latinēvacuōto empty out; to evacuate
4Latinēx-out, away
5Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European eǵ- →Every word from Latin ēx- →Every word from Latin ēvacuō →