Where does “ibalik-tanaw” come from?
ibalik-tanaw (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog balik-tanaw, from Tagalog tanaw, from Cebuano tan-aw, from Proto-Philippine *taq(ə)náw.
ibalik-tanaw (Tagalog): to be looked back; to be retrospected
Definitions
- to be looked back; to be retrospected
Ancestry of “ibalik-tanaw”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | balik-tanaw | retrospect; look-back; hindsight |
| 2 | Tagalog | tanaw | visible from a distance; able to be seen from afar |
| 3 | Cebuano | tan-aw | opinion, subjective observation; to see, to... |
| 4 | Proto-Philippine | *taq(ə)náw | — |