Where does “mangubra” come from?
mangubra (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog kobra, from English cobra, from Portuguese cobra, from Old Portuguese coobra, from Vulgar Latin colobra, from Latin colubra, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.
mangubra (Tagalog): to collect payment, esp. debts and bets in illegal gambling
Definitions
- to collect payment, esp. debts and bets in illegal gambling
Ancestry of “mangubra”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | kobra | cobra |
| 2 | English | cobra | Any of various venomous snakes of the family... |
| 3 | Portuguese | cobra | snake |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | coobra | snake |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | colobra | — |
| 6 | Latin | colubra | a female snake, serpent; snake, serpent |
| 7 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |