Where does “apilador” come from?
apilador (Tagalog) comes from Spanish afilador, from Spanish afilar, from Spanish filo, from New Latin phylum, from Ancient Greek φῦλον, from Ancient Greek φύω, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuHyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
apilador (Tagalog): sharpener especially of blades
Definitions
- sharpener especially of blades
Ancestry of “apilador”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | afilador | knife sharpener; womanizer |
| 2 | Spanish | afilar | to sharpen; to court, flirt with; to fuck |
| 3 | Spanish | filo | edge, cutting edge; edge; hunger |
| 4 | New Latin | phylum | phylum |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φῦλον | a set of people or other beings; sex; nation,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | φύω | To bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuHyéti | to be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |