Where does “makitawag” come from?

makitawag (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog maki-, from Proto-Philippine *maki-.

makitawag (Tagalog): to make a call using someone else's phone under his permission

Definitions

  1. to make a call using someone else's phone under his permission

Ancestry of “makitawag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogmaki-Actor trigger - to do something involving someone...
2Proto-Philippine*maki-—
Every word from Proto-Philippine *maki- →Every word from Tagalog maki- →