Where does “madiwara” come from?

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

madiwara (Tagalog): meticulous, fastidious; pedantic; excessively attentive to details, often in an annoying, loud or nitpicky manner

Definitions

  1. meticulous, fastidious; pedantic; excessively attentive to details, often in an annoying, loud or nitpicky manner

Ancestry of “madiwara”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogma-Used to form adjectives indicating a quality;...
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianma-Affix forming adjectives and stative verbs
3Proto-Austronesianma-—

Words derived from “madiwara”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian ma- →Every word from Tagalog ma- →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ma- →