Where does “mainit” come from?

mainit (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog init, from Proto-Austronesian qaŋet.

mainit (Tagalog): hot

Definitions

  1. hot

Ancestry of “mainit”, step by step

mainit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog init

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloginitheat; warmth; temperature; swelter, sweltering...
2Proto-Austronesianqaŋet—

via Cebuano Mainit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CebuanoMainit—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian qaŋet →Every word from Tagalog init →