Where does “kaasiman” come from?

kaasiman (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog asim, from Ottoman Turkish عاصم, from Arabic عَاصِم.

kaasiman (Tagalog): sourness; acidity

Definitions

  1. sourness; acidity

Ancestry of “kaasiman”, step by step

kaasiman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog asim

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogasimsourness
2Ottoman Turkishعاصم—
3Arabicعَاصِم—

via Tagalog ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -anused to form abstract nouns
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—
Every word from Arabic عَاصِم →Every word from Ottoman Turkish عاصم →Every word from Tagalog asim →