Where does “a-disisiyete” come from?
a-disisiyete (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog disisiyete, from Spanish diecisiete, from Spanish y, from Old Spanish e, from Latin et, from Proto-Indo-European éti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁é, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.
a-disisiyete (Tagalog): seventeenth day of the month
Definitions
- seventeenth day of the month
Ancestry of “a-disisiyete”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | disisiyete | seventeen |
| 2 | Spanish | diecisiete | seventeen |
| 3 | Spanish | y | and; plus, and; well |
| 4 | Old Spanish | e | and |
| 5 | Latin | et | and; plus; though, even if |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | éti | beyond; over |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁é | and, then |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |