Where does “daang-bakal” come from?
daang-bakal (Tagalog) comes from Spanish ferrocarril, from Spanish ferro-, from Latin ferrum, from Cornish -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre — he, she.
daang-bakal (Tagalog): railway; railroad
Definitions
- railway; railroad
Ancestry of “daang-bakal”, step by step
daang-bakal traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish ferrocarril
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | ferrocarril | railway |
| 2 | Spanish | ferro- | ferro-; Forms terms relating to railroads |
| 3 | Latin | ferrum | iron; any tool made of iron; fight, clash |
| 4 | Cornish | -er | Forms masculine agent nouns |
| 5 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 6 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 7 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 8 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Tagalog bakal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | bakal | iron |
| 2 | Proto-Philippine | *bakal | — |
| 3 | Malay | bakal | future; prospective; candidate; expectant used before a noun to indicate what someone or something will become |
| 4 | Old Javanese | bakal | future, prospective |
| 5 | Proto-Austroasiatic | *[b]kəl[ ] | — |