Where does “mangiliti” come from?
mangiliti (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog kiliti, from English kilikiti, from English cricket, from Middle English creket, from Old French crequet, from Old French criquer, from Middle Dutch kricken, from Old Dutch krakōn — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
mangiliti (Tagalog): to tickle
Definitions
- to tickle
Ancestry of “mangiliti”, step by step
mangiliti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog kiliti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | kiliti | tickle |
| 2 | English | kilikiti | A variant of cricket, originating in Samoa and... |
| 3 | English | cricket | An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially... |
| 4 | Middle English | creket | — |
| 5 | Old French | crequet | — |
| 6 | Old French | criquer | to creak |
| 7 | Middle Dutch | kricken | to creak; crack |
| 8 | Old Dutch | krakōn | to crack, creak, emit a cry |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gerg- | to shout; tracery, basket, twist; wicker, bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via Tagalog mang
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | mang | an informal term of address for an elderly man;... |