Where does “kamag-anakan” come from?

kamag-anakan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog kamag-anak, from Tagalog mag-anak, from Tagalog mag-, from Tagalog sibuyas, from Spanish cebolla, from Old Spanish cebolla, from Late Latin cepulla, from Latin cēpa — onion.

kamag-anakan (Tagalog): extended family

Definitions

  1. extended family

Ancestry of “kamag-anakan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkamag-anakrelative someone in the same family
2Tagalogmag-anakfamily
3Tagalogmag-actor trigger: to do something; actor trigger: to...
4Tagalogsibuyasonion
5Spanishcebollaonion
6Old Spanishcebollaonion
7Late Latincepullaonion-bed, onion-field; small onion
8Latincēpaonion
Every word from Latin cēpa