Where does “mainam” come from?

mainam (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog inam, from Hungarian -ám, from Portuguese -ão, from Old Portuguese -ão, from Latin -ānus — Of or pertaining to; -ian.

mainam (Tagalog): pretty; fine; beautiful

Definitions

  1. pretty; fine; beautiful

Ancestry of “mainam”, step by step

mainam traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog inam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloginamniceness; prettiness; beauty
2Hungarian-ámAdded to a stem or other parts of speech to form...
3Portuguese-ãoforms the augmentative of nouns; forms the...
4Old Portuguese-ão
5Latin-ānusOf or pertaining to; -ian

via Manipuri ꯃꯥꯏꯅꯥꯝ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Manipuriꯃꯥꯏꯅꯥꯝ
Every word from Latin -ānusEvery word from Portuguese -ãoEvery word from Hungarian -ám
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