Where does “lakwatsera” come from?
lakwatsera (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog -era, from Spanish -era, from Latin -āria, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
lakwatsera (Tagalog): female truant person
Definitions
- female truant person
Ancestry of “lakwatsera”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | -era | forms female occupations and other agent nouns from nouns |
| 2 | Spanish | -era | feminine singular of -ero; indicates a place or... |
| 3 | Latin | -āria | used to form feminine counterparts of masculine agent nouns in |
| 4 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |