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Where does “bagon” come from?

bagon (Tagalog) comes from Spanish vagón, from French wagon, from English wagon, from Dutch wagen, from Dutch lijkwagen, from Dutch lijk, from Middle Dutch lijc, from Old Dutch līk — to bind, tie.

bagon (Tagalog): railroad car ; railway carriage

Definitions

  1. railroad car ; railway carriage

Ancestry of “bagon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishvagóntrain car
2Frenchwagona railway carriage
3EnglishwagonA four-wheeled cart for hauling loads; A...
4DutchwagenA wagon, carriage; A cart; An automobile, car,...
5DutchlijkwagenA hearse, a funerary vehicle
6DutchlijkThe dead but otherwise intact body of a human or...
7Middle Dutchlijc—
8Old Dutchlīk—
9Proto-West Germaniclīkbody
10Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
11Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie
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