Where does “daksipat” come from?

daksipat (Tagalog) comes from Cebuano dako, from Tagalog daktao — great man.

daksipat (Tagalog): telescope

Definitions

  1. telescope

Ancestry of “daksipat”, step by step

daksipat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano dako

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CebuanodakoAn adult, a grown up; A single one-centavo coin;...
2Tagalogdaktaogreat man

via Tagalog sipat

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