Where does “dalubwikaan” come from?
dalubwikaan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog dalub- -an, from Tagalog dalub-, from Tagalog dalubhasa, from Malay jurubahasa, from Malay bahasa, from Sanskrit भाषा, from Sanskrit भाष.
dalubwikaan (Tagalog): linguistics
Definitions
- linguistics
Ancestry of “dalubwikaan”, step by step
dalubwikaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog dalub- -an
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | dalub- -an | to form a study of a particular subject: -logy, -nomy |
| 2 | Tagalog | dalub- | expert |
| 3 | Tagalog | dalubhasa | expert |
| 4 | Malay | jurubahasa | interpreter |
| 5 | Malay | bahasa | language; decorum, appropriate social behavior |
| 6 | Sanskrit | भाषा | speech, language; any Prakrit dialect or a... |
| 7 | Sanskrit | भाष | — |