Where does “diskarte” come from?
diskarte (Tagalog) comes from Spanish descarte, from Spanish descartar, from Spanish carta, from Latin charta, from French cartel, from Italian cartello, from Italian carta, from Latin carta — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
diskarte (Tagalog): workaround; MacGyverism; method to get something desired
Definitions
- workaround; MacGyverism; method to get something desired
Ancestry of “diskarte”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | descarte | excuse |
| 2 | Spanish | descartar | to rule out; to discard |
| 3 | Spanish | carta | letter; map; menu |
| 4 | Latin | charta | papyrus, paper; poem, a writing; map |
| 5 | French | cartel | a cartel |
| 6 | Italian | cartello | sign, notice, placard, signboard; signpost, road... |
| 7 | Italian | carta | paper; map; menu |
| 8 | Latin | carta | papyrus; letter etc |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |