Where does “balik-taya” come from?

balik-taya (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog balik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik — to return; to repeat.

balik-taya (Tagalog): recovery of what was spent or risked, whether money, time, or effort, to hit a break-even point

Definitions

  1. recovery of what was spent or risked, whether money, time, or effort, to hit a break-even point

Ancestry of “balik-taya”, step by step

balik-taya traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog balik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbalikthe act of returning; the act of bringing back...
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*balikto return; to repeat

via Tagalog taya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtayabet; it
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik →Every word from Tagalog balik →