Where does “mag-aplay” come from?

mag-aplay (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog aplay, from English apply, from Middle English aplien, from Old French applier, from Latin applicō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

mag-aplay (Tagalog): to apply for a job

Definitions

to apply for a job

Ancestry of “mag-aplay”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Tagalog	aplay	act of applying for a position, candidacy, etc
2	English	apply	To lay or place; to put; To put to use; to use or...
3	Middle English	aplien	—
4	Old French	applier	to bend; to apply
5	Latin	applicō	to apply
6	Latin	ad-	to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7	Latin	īn-	un-, non-, not
8	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
9	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10	Proto-Italic	en	in
11	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Latin ad- →