Where does “dagdag-yaman” come from?

dagdag-yaman (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog dagdag, from Arabic دَقَّ — to be thin, to be fine, to be small; to knock”,...

dagdag-yaman (Tagalog): act of working hard, eagerly striving to get more

Definitions

  1. act of working hard, eagerly striving to get more

Ancestry of “dagdag-yaman”, step by step

dagdag-yaman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog dagdag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogdagdagaddition; extra
2Arabicدَقَّto be thin, to be fine, to be small; to knock”,...

via Tagalog yaman

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogyamanmoney; wealth; fortune; valuable possessions;...
Every word from Arabic دَقَّ
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