Where does “ipawalang-bisa” come from?
ipawalang-bisa (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog walang-bisa, from Tagalog bisa, from Kapampangan bisa, from Spanish visa, from French visa, from Latin visa, from Latin visum, from Latin vīsō — to see.
ipawalang-bisa (Tagalog): to invalidate; to nullify; to annul
Definitions
- to invalidate; to nullify; to annul
Ancestry of “ipawalang-bisa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | walang-bisa | void; invalid |
| 2 | Tagalog | bisa | efficacy; potency |
| 3 | Kapampangan | bisa | want; like; crave; fond |
| 4 | Spanish | visa | visa |
| 5 | French | visa | a mark or stamp attesting to the performance of... |
| 6 | Latin | visa | nominative plural of vīsum; accusative plural of... |
| 7 | Latin | visum | vision, mental image; nominative neuter singular... |
| 8 | Latin | vīsō | to look at, look into, stare at, view |
| 9 | Latin | videō | to see, perceive; look (at) |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | widēō | see |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |