Where does “apina” come from?

apina (Tagalog) comes from Spanish afinar, from Spanish fino, from Spanish fin, from Old Spanish fin, from Latin finis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeygʷ- — to stick into, pierce; to dig; to ditch; to...

apina (Tagalog): act of tuning up such as musical instruments, motors, etc

Definitions

  1. act of tuning up such as musical instruments, motors, etc

Ancestry of “apina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishafinarto refine; to tune
2Spanishfinofine
3Spanishfinend; purpose, aim, objective, goal; end, stop,...
4Old Spanishfin
5Latinfinisend; limit, border, bound boundary, frontier;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeygʷ-to stick into, pierce; to dig; to ditch; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeygʷ-Every word from Latin finisEvery word from Old Spanish fin