Where does “manghihipo” come from?

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

manghihipo (Tagalog): groper; someone who gropes, especially for sexual pleasure

Definitions

  1. groper; someone who gropes, especially for sexual pleasure

Ancestry of “manghihipo”, 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- →