Where does “digmaan” come from?
digmaan (Tagalog) comes from Latin digma, from Ancient Greek δεῖγμα, from Ancient Greek μά, from Old Italian ma, from Latin magis, from Dutch magisch, from Dutch magie, from French magie.
digmaan (Tagalog): war; battle
Definitions
- war; battle
Ancestry of “digmaan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | digma | A specimen; An ensign on the shields of soldiers |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | δεῖγμα | specimen, sample; pattern |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μά | by |
| 4 | Old Italian | ma | — |
| 5 | Latin | magis | more; more greatly; better |
| 6 | Dutch | magisch | magical, controlled or determined by supernatural... |
| 7 | Dutch | magie | magic, sorcery occult woo, black or white magic, etc.; hence supernatural occurrences or phenonomena |
| 8 | French | magie | magic; A magical, surprising, fascinating feat;... |
| 9 | Middle French | magie | — |
| 10 | Latin | magīa | magic, sorcery |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | μαγεία | theology of the Magians |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | Μάγος | magician, and derogatorily sorcerer, trickster,... |
| 13 | Old Persian | 𐎶𐎦𐏁 | priest |
| 14 | Proto-Iranian | magúš | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | magʰúš | — |