Where does “mapagtanto” come from?
mapagtanto (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog tanto, from Malay tentu, from Papiamentu tantu, from Portuguese tanto, from Old Portuguese tanto, from Latin tantus, from Latin tam, from Proto-Indo-European téh₂m — this; that.
mapagtanto (Tagalog): to come to realize something
Definitions
- to come to realize something
Ancestry of “mapagtanto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | tanto | aware about; having come to realize or understand (something) |
| 2 | Malay | tentu | certain; sure; definite; fixed |
| 3 | Papiamentu | tantu | whole, all of; complete, entire; completely,... |
| 4 | Portuguese | tanto | so much; so much / so many; tanto … quanto |
| 5 | Old Portuguese | tanto | so much |
| 6 | Latin | tantus | of such size, of such measure; so much, so great |
| 7 | Latin | tam | so, so much, to such an extent, to such a degree |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | téh₂m | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | séh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |