Where does “mag-opera” come from?
mag-opera (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog opera, from Spanish ópera, from Italian opera, from Latin opera, from Latin Opus, from Ancient Greek Ὀποῦς, from Ancient Greek ὀπός, from Proto-Indo-European sokʷós — to follow; to see; to say.
mag-opera (Tagalog): to medically operate on someone or something
Definitions
- to medically operate on someone or something
Ancestry of “mag-opera”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | opera | act of operating in surgery |
| 2 | Spanish | ópera | opera |
| 3 | Italian | opera | work; means, help, services; opus |
| 4 | Latin | opera | work, exertion, effort; service; care, attention... |
| 5 | Latin | Opus | The capital city of the Locri and birthplace of Patroclus |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ὀποῦς | Opus, Greece |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὀπός | juice, vegetable/plant juice; fig-juice |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sokʷós | juice of plants |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |