Where does “litigante” come from?

litigante (Tagalog) comes from Spanish litigante, from Latin litigans, from Latin litigo, from Latin -igo, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

litigante (Tagalog): litigant

Definitions

  1. litigant

Ancestry of “litigante”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishlitigantelitigating; litigant
2Latinlitigansdisputing, quarrelling; litigating, suing; a...
3LatinlitigoI dispute, quarrel; I litigate, sue
4Latin-igoEnlargement of -ō; Suffixed to nouns and to...
5Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵetiEvery word from Proto-Italic agō