Where does “agawin” come from?
agawin (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog agawain, from Tagalog -in, from Tagalog aghimo, from Tagalog agham, from Sanskrit आगम, from Sanskrit आ-, from Sanskrit आ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HáH.
agawin (Tagalog): to snatch away; to take away by force; to grab
Definitions
- to snatch away; to take away by force; to grab
Ancestry of “agawin”, step by step
agawin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog agawain
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | agawain | — |
| 2 | Tagalog | -in | Verb suffix; Adjective-forming suffix: prone to,... |
| 3 | Tagalog | aghimo | technique |
| 4 | Tagalog | agham | science |
| 5 | Sanskrit | आगम | something handed down through tradition; theory,... |
| 6 | Sanskrit | आ- | up, upon, on |
| 7 | Sanskrit | आ | separated form of आ-; With senses determined by... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *HáH | — |