Where does “maykaraang siyam” come from?
maykaraang siyam (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog maykaraan, from Tagalog mayka-, from Tagalog may-, from Tagalog May, from English May, from French mai, from Old French mai, from Latin Māius — mother.
maykaraang siyam (Tagalog): ninety-nine
Definitions
- ninety-nine
Ancestry of “maykaraang siyam”, step by step
maykaraang siyam traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog maykaraan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | maykaraan | nearly making up a hundred; more than ninety but less than a hundred |
| 2 | Tagalog | mayka- | attached to a cardinal numeral: indicating a quantity less than but approaching the specified number |
| 3 | Tagalog | may- | prefix denoting existence or possession of something |
| 4 | Tagalog | May | May |
| 5 | English | May | The fifth month of the Gregorian calendar, following April and preceding June |
| 6 | French | mai | May |
| 7 | Old French | mai | — |
| 8 | Latin | Māius | “month”}} of May |
| 9 | Latin | Maia | nominative feminine singular of Maius; nominative... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | μαῖα | midwife; foster mother, nurse; good mother, dame |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | μήτηρ | mother; source or origin |
| 12 | Proto-Hellenic | mā́tēr | mother |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | méh₂tēr | mother |