Where does “initsupil” come from?

initsupil (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog init, from Proto-Austronesian qaŋet.

initsupil (Tagalog): thermostat

Definitions

  1. thermostat

Ancestry of “initsupil”, step by step

initsupil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog init

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloginitheat; warmth; temperature; swelter, sweltering...
2Proto-Austronesianqaŋet

via Tagalog supil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogsupilsubjugation; domination; act of overpowering
Every word from Proto-Austronesian qaŋet
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