Where does “magpaopera” come from?

magpaopera (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog opera, from Spanish ópera, from Italian opera, from Latin opera, from Latin Opus, from Ancient Greek Ὀποῦς, from Ancient Greek ὀπός, from Proto-Indo-European sokʷós — to follow; to see; to say.

magpaopera (Tagalog): to have a medical operation

Definitions

  1. to have a medical operation

Ancestry of “magpaopera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogoperaact of operating in surgery
2Spanishóperaopera
3Italianoperawork; means, help, services; opus
4Latinoperawork, exertion, effort; service; care, attention...
5LatinOpusThe capital city of the Locri and birthplace of Patroclus
6Ancient GreekὈποῦςOpus, Greece
7Ancient Greekὀπόςjuice, vegetable/plant juice; fig-juice
8Proto-Indo-Europeansokʷósjuice of plants
9Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ-