Where does “mamagitan” come from?
mamagitan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog pagitan, from Tagalog pagiitan, from Tagalog -an, from Proto-Philippine *-an, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -an, from Proto-Austronesian -an — Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...
mamagitan (Tagalog): to mediate; to intercede
Definitions
- to mediate; to intercede
Ancestry of “mamagitan”, step by step
mamagitan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog pagitan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | pagitan | space; gap; interval; distance between two points |
| 2 | Tagalog | pagiitan | — |
| 3 | Tagalog | -an | object trigger: to do something to a person or a... |
| 4 | Proto-Philippine | *-an | verbal suffix marking locative focus |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | -an | Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal... |
| 6 | Proto-Austronesian | -an | Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal... |
via Proto-Kartvelian mam-
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Kartvelian | mam- | father |