Where does “pabini” come from?

pabini (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog pa-, from Proto-Austronesian pa- — causative prefix.

pabini (Tagalog): refrain

Definitions

  1. refrain

Ancestry of “pabini”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpa-"adverbial prefix" - "Indicates process of...
2Proto-Austronesianpa-causative prefix
Every word from Proto-Austronesian pa-Every word from Tagalog pa-