Where does “manghingi” come from?

manghingi (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog hingi — request; requirement.

manghingi (Tagalog): to request for something; to ask for something

Definitions

  1. to request for something; to ask for something

Ancestry of “manghingi”, step by step

manghingi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog hingi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloghingirequest; requirement

via Tagalog mang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogmangan informal term of address for an elderly man;...
Every word from Tagalog hingi
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