Where does “gas” come from?

gas (Tagalog) comes from English gas, from Dutch gas — gas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street.

gas (Tagalog): gasoline

Definitions

  1. gasoline

Ancestry of “gas”, step by step

gas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English gas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgasMatter in a state intermediate between liquid and...
2Dutchgasgas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street

via Spanish gas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishgasgas
Every word from Dutch gasEvery word from English gas