Where does “higtao” come from?

higtao (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog tao, from Tagalog dalub-, from Tagalog dalubhasa, from Malay jurubahasa, from Malay bahasa, from Sanskrit भाषा, from Sanskrit भाष.

higtao (Tagalog): superman

Definitions

  1. superman

Ancestry of “higtao”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtaohuman, human being, person, man; one of the faces...
2Tagalogdalub-expert
3Tagalogdalubhasaexpert
4Malayjurubahasainterpreter
5Malaybahasalanguage; decorum, appropriate social behavior
6Sanskritभाषाspeech, language; any Prakrit dialect or a...
7Sanskritभाष—
Every word from Sanskrit भाष →