Where does “bahagi ng panalita” come from?

bahagi ng panalita (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog ng, from Tagalog Amansinaya, from Tagalog sinaya, from Tagalog saya, from Spanish saya, from Vulgar Latin sagia, from Latin sagum, from Ancient Greek σάγος — to seek out.

Ancestry of “bahagi ng panalita”, step by step

bahagi ng panalita traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog ng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogngof; to, into, towards; in the direction of;...
2TagalogAmansinayaancient pagan god of fishermen
3Tagalogsinayafirst taste, act, or experience of something
4Tagalogsayajoy, happiness; fun; skirt
5Spanishsayaa woman’s skirt
6Vulgar Latinsagiaskirt
7Latinsagumsagum, a military cloak; singular accusative of...
8Ancient Greekσάγοςcloak; coat, habit
9LatinsagusArchaic form of sagum; divining, prophetic
10Latinsāgiōto perceive quickly or keenly with the senses
11Proto-Italicsāgiō
12Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₂gyetito give a sign
13Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂g-to seek out

via Tagalog bahagi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbahagipart; fraction; portion; section
2Austronesian*baqagi

via Tagalog panalita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpanalita
Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₂g-