Where does “mamataan” come from?
mamataan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog mata, from Proto-Philippine mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian mata, from Proto-Austronesian mata, from Proto-Austronesian maCa — eye organ.
mamataan (Tagalog): to sight; to see
Definitions
- to sight; to see
Ancestry of “mamataan”, step by step
mamataan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog mata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | mata | eye |
| 2 | Proto-Philippine | mata | eye |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | mata | eye |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | mata | eye |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | maCa | eye organ |
via Tagalog ma- -an
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | ma- -an | to suffer the quality of adjective indicated |
| 2 | Tagalog | -an | object trigger: to do something to a person or a... |
| 3 | Proto-Philippine | *-an | verbal suffix marking locative focus |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | -an | Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal... |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | -an | Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal... |