Where does “molestiya” come from?
molestiya (Tagalog) comes from Spanish molestia, from Latin molestia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
molestiya (Tagalog): trouble; nuisance; hassle; annoyance; bother; vexation; inconvenience; pain in the ass; pain in the butt; disturbance; burden; imposition; pestering
Definitions
- trouble; nuisance; hassle; annoyance; bother; vexation; inconvenience; pain in the ass; pain in the butt; disturbance; burden; imposition; pestering
Ancestry of “molestiya”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | molestia | trouble, nuisance, inconvenience, bother |
| 2 | Latin | molestia | trouble, troublesomeness, irksomeness |
| 3 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 4 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |