Where does “almusalan” come from?
almusalan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog almusal, from Spanish almorzar, from Spanish almuerzo, from Vulgar Latin admordium, from Latin admordere, from Latin admordeo, from Latin mordeō, from Proto-Italic mordeō — to bite, to sting.
almusalan (Tagalog): place where one usually eats breakfast
Definitions
- place where one usually eats breakfast
Ancestry of “almusalan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | almusal | breakfast |
| 2 | Spanish | almorzar | to eat lunch; to eat for lunch |
| 3 | Spanish | almuerzo | lunch |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | admordium | breakfast |
| 5 | Latin | admordere | present active infinitive of admordeō;... |
| 6 | Latin | admordeo | I bite or gnaw at or into; I get possession of... |
| 7 | Latin | mordeō | to bite (into); nibble, gnaw |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | mordeō | to bite |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)merd- | to bite, to sting |