Where does “one to sawa” come from?

one to sawa (Tagalog) comes from English to, from Middle English to, from Middle English tone, from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος, from Proto-Hellenic tónos, from Proto-Indo-European tónos, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

one to sawa (Tagalog): done continuously until stopped such as by boredom, lost of interest, satisfaction, or interruption by an external force

Definitions

  1. done continuously until stopped such as by boredom, lost of interest, satisfaction, or interruption by an external force

Ancestry of “one to sawa”, step by step

one to sawa traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English to

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtoA particle used for marking the following verb as...
2Middle Englishtotoe; to; too
3Middle Englishtonethe one
4LatintonusThe stretching or straining of a rope; A strain;...
5Ancient Greekτόνοςrope, cord; chord; tone, note
6Proto-Hellenictónosrope, cord; tension
7Proto-Indo-Europeantónossomething stretched; chord, fiber, string
8Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

via English One

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishOneThe number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number
2Middle Englishonon, in; on; Alternative form of oon
3Old Englishonon, in, at, among; from
4Proto-West Germanicanaon
5Proto-Germanic*an
6Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via Tagalog sawa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogsawaboa constrictor; python, esp. the reticulated...
2Proto-Philippinesawa
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiansawa
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten-Every word from Proto-Indo-European tónosEvery word from Proto-Hellenic tónos