Where does “mabigat” come from?

mabigat (Tagalog) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)bəʀəqat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ma-, from Proto-Austronesian ma-.

mabigat (Tagalog): heavy; deep; profound; serious

Definitions

  1. heavy; deep; profound; serious

Ancestry of “mabigat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)bəʀəqatheavy
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianma-Affix forming adjectives and stative verbs
3Proto-Austronesianma-—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian ma- →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ma- →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)bəʀəqat →