Where does “magpatulog” come from?

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

magpatulog (Tagalog): to let people sleep

Definitions

  1. to let people sleep

Ancestry of “magpatulog”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogmagpa-Actor trigger - to ask someone do something
2Tagalogmag-actor trigger: to do something; actor trigger: to...
3Tagalogsibuyasonion
4Spanishcebollaonion
5Old Spanishcebollaonion
6Late Latincepullaonion-bed, onion-field; small onion
7Latincēpaonion
Every word from Latin cēpa
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