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

  1. to come to realize something

Ancestry of “mapagtanto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtantoaware about; having come to realize or understand (something)
2Malaytentucertain; sure; definite; fixed
3Papiamentutantuwhole, all of; complete, entire; completely,...
4Portuguesetantoso much; so much / so many; tanto … quanto
5Old Portuguesetantoso much
6Latintantusof such size, of such measure; so much, so great
7Latintamso, so much, to such an extent, to such a degree
8Proto-Indo-Europeantéh₂m
9Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₂
10Proto-Indo-Europeanthis; that
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