Where does “digmang-bayan” come from?

digmang-bayan (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.

Ancestry of “digmang-bayan”, step by step

digmang-bayan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin digma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatindigmaA specimen; An ensign on the shields of soldiers
2Ancient Greekδεῖγμαspecimen, sample; pattern
3Ancient Greekμάby
4Old Italianma
5Latinmagismore; more greatly; better
6Dutchmagischmagical, controlled or determined by supernatural...
7Dutchmagiemagic, sorcery occult woo, black or white magic, etc.; hence supernatural occurrences or phenonomena
8Frenchmagiemagic; A magical, surprising, fascinating feat;...
9Middle Frenchmagie
10Latinmagīamagic, sorcery
11Ancient Greekμαγείαtheology of the Magians
12Ancient GreekΜάγοςmagician, and derogatorily sorcerer, trickster,...
13Old Persian𐎶𐎦𐏁priest
14Proto-Iranianmagúš
15Proto-Indo-Iranianmagʰúš

via Tagalog bayan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbayantown; municipality; nation; country; motherland;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian magʰúšEvery word from Proto-Iranian magúšEvery word from Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐏁