Where does “mag-umpisa” come from?
mag-umpisa (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog umpisa, from Spanish empezar, from Spanish en-, from Old Spanish en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
mag-umpisa (Tagalog): to begin
Definitions
- to begin
Ancestry of “mag-umpisa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | umpisa | beginning; start; commencement |
| 2 | Spanish | empezar | to start, begin, to get started; to start to; to... |
| 3 | Spanish | en- | en- all meanings |
| 4 | Old Spanish | en- | — |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |