Where does “kasabwat” come from?
kasabwat (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog ka, from Tagalog wika, from Sanskrit वाक्य, from Sanskrit वच्, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.
kasabwat (Tagalog): accomplice; conspirator
Ancestry of “kasabwat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Tagalog | ka | you |
| 2 | Tagalog | wika | language; utterance; to express verbally; to... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | वाक्य | speech, saying, assertion, statement, command,... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | वच् | to speak, utter, say |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |