Where does “bago” come from?

bago (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog bagunsakupin, from Tagalog pagkamakabagunsakupin, from Tagalog pagka — if.

bago (Tagalog): new; before, prior

Definitions

  1. new; before, prior

Ancestry of “bago”, step by step

bago traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog bagunsakupin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbagunsakupinneocolonial
2Tagalogpagkamakabagunsakupinneocolonialism
3Tagalogpagkaif

via Proto-Philippine *baqʀu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*baqʀunew
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbaqəʀunew recently made or created
3Proto-Austronesian*baqəʀuhnew

Words derived from “bago”

Every word from Tagalog pagka →Every word from Tagalog pagkamakabagunsakupin →Every word from Tagalog bagunsakupin →