Where does “mambuwisit” come from?

mambuwisit (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog buwisit, from Min Nan 無衣食.

mambuwisit (Tagalog): to annoy; to vex

Definitions

  1. to annoy; to vex

Ancestry of “mambuwisit”, step by step

mambuwisit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog buwisit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbuwisitunlucky; annoying; bad luck
2Min Nan無衣食—

via Proto-Kartvelian mam-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Kartvelianmam-father
Every word from Min Nan 無衣食 →Every word from Tagalog buwisit →