Where does “Agosto” come from?
Agosto (Tagalog) comes from Spanish agosto, from Vulgar Latin agustus, from Latin Augustus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-.
Ancestry of “Agosto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | agosto | August |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | agustus | — |
| 3 | Latin | Augustus | venerable |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |