Where does “nilabasan” come from?
nilabasan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog ni, from Spanish ni, from Old Spanish nin, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.
Ancestry of “nilabasan”, step by step
nilabasan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog ni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | ni | Of; possessive particle. Used only with personal... |
| 2 | Spanish | ni | neither... nor; nor, or; not even, even |
| 3 | Old Spanish | nin | — |
| 4 | Latin | nec | nor; and not, not; neither |
| 5 | Latin | neque | not; and not, also not |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | nekʷe | and not, neither, nor |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |
via Tagalog labasan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | labasan | exit; cum; ejaculate |
| 2 | Tagalog | -an | object trigger: to do something to a person or a... |
| 3 | Proto-Philippine | *-an | verbal suffix marking locative focus |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | -an | Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal... |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | -an | Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal... |