Where does “dagitsipat” come from?

dagitsipat (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog dagitab — electricity.

dagitsipat (Tagalog): electroscope

Definitions

  1. electroscope

Ancestry of “dagitsipat”, step by step

dagitsipat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog dagitab

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogdagitabelectricity

via Tagalog sipat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogsipataiming at a target with a gun, etc
Every word from Tagalog dagitab
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