Where does “mang-aabat” come from?

mang-aabat (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog mang-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- — inflectional prefix marking actor voice.

mang-aabat (Tagalog): highwayman; ambusher; waylayer

Definitions

  1. highwayman; ambusher; waylayer

Ancestry of “mang-aabat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogmang-3rd actor trigger verb suffix
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*maN-inflectional prefix marking actor voice
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- →Every word from Tagalog mang- →