Where does “nakakaalarma” come from?
nakakaalarma (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog alarma, from Spanish alarma, from Italian allarme, from French alarme, from Italian all'arme, from Latin arma, from Late Latin armistitium, from Latin sistere — to stand.
Ancestry of “nakakaalarma”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | alarma | alarm a mechanical device for rousing attention |
| 2 | Spanish | alarma | alarm |
| 3 | Italian | allarme | alarm; alert |
| 4 | French | alarme | alarm |
| 5 | Italian | all'arme | a command to take up arms and be ready to fight: to arms! |
| 6 | Latin | arma | defensive arms, armor/armour, shields, weapons of... |
| 7 | Late Latin | armistitium | — |
| 8 | Latin | sistere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | stísteh₂ti | to be standing up, to be getting up |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |