Where does “magkamayroon” come from?
magkamayroon (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog mayroon, from Tagalog May, from English May, from French mai, from Old French mai, from Latin Māius, from Latin Maia, from Ancient Greek μαῖα — mother.
Ancestry of “magkamayroon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | mayroon | there be; there is; there are; to have |
| 2 | Tagalog | May | May |
| 3 | English | May | The fifth month of the Gregorian calendar, following April and preceding June |
| 4 | French | mai | May |
| 5 | Old French | mai | — |
| 6 | Latin | Māius | “month”}} of May |
| 7 | Latin | Maia | nominative feminine singular of Maius; nominative... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μαῖα | midwife; foster mother, nurse; good mother, dame |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | μήτηρ | mother; source or origin |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | mā́tēr | mother |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | méh₂tēr | mother |