Where does “magkantahan” come from?
magkantahan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog kanta, from Spanish canta, from Spanish cantar, from Latin cantāre, from Latin canere, from Latin caneo, from Latin -eo, from Proto-Italic -ēō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
magkantahan (Tagalog): to sing all together
Definitions
- to sing all together
Ancestry of “magkantahan”, step by step
magkantahan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog kanta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | kanta | song; chant |
| 2 | Spanish | canta | song; singing |
| 3 | Spanish | cantar | to sing; A type of shanty or popular song |
| 4 | Latin | cantāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | canere | present active infinitive of canō; second-person... |
| 6 | Latin | caneo | I am white, gray or hoary |
| 7 | Latin | -eo | Forms stative verbs from adjectives; dative... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
via Tagalog mag- -han
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | mag- -han | — |