Where does “kapbisa” come from?

kapbisa (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog bisa, from Kapampangan bisa, from Spanish visa, from French visa, from Latin visa, from Latin visum, from Latin vīsō, from Latin videō — to see.

kapbisa (Tagalog): metabolism

Definitions

  1. metabolism

Ancestry of “kapbisa”, step by step

kapbisa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog bisa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbisaefficacy; potency
2Kapampanganbisawant; like; crave; fond
3Spanishvisavisa
4Frenchvisaa mark or stamp attesting to the performance of...
5Latinvisanominative plural of vīsum; accusative plural of...
6Latinvisumvision, mental image; nominative neuter singular...
7Latinvīsōto look at, look into, stare at, view
8Latinvideōto see, perceive; look (at)
9Proto-Italicwidēōsee
10Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

via Tagalog sangkap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogsangkapingredient
2Proto-Philippine*saŋkap
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd-