Where does “maghalikan” come from?

maghalikan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog halik, from Arabic خَالِق.

maghalikan (Tagalog): to kiss each other

Definitions

  1. to kiss each other

Ancestry of “maghalikan”, step by step

maghalikan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog halik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloghalikkiss; to kiss; to smooch
2Arabicخَالِق—

via Tagalog mag- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogmag- -anActor trigger/focus verb circumfix used to express an action done reciprocally or simultaneously
Every word from Arabic خَالِق →Every word from Tagalog halik →