Where does “magpaalam” come from?

magpaalam (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog mag-, from Tagalog sibuyas, from Spanish cebolla, from Old Spanish cebolla, from Late Latin cepulla, from Latin cēpa — onion.

magpaalam (Tagalog): to say goodbye

Definitions

to say goodbye

Ancestry of “magpaalam”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Tagalog	mag-	actor trigger: to do something; actor trigger: to...
2	Tagalog	sibuyas	onion
3	Spanish	cebolla	onion
4	Old Spanish	cebolla	onion
5	Late Latin	cepulla	onion-bed, onion-field; small onion
6	Latin	cēpa	onion

Every word from Latin cēpa →