Where does “pag-” come from?

pag- (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog kapag, from Tagalog kapagka — if.

pag- (Tagalog): Used to form verbal nouns from verbs prefixed...

Definitions

  1. Used to form verbal nouns from verbs prefixed...

Ancestry of “pag-”, step by step

pag- traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog kapag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkapagif
2Tagalogkapagkaif

via Proto-Philippine *paʀ-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*paʀ-Derivational prefix used to form deverbal nouns

Words derived from “pag-”

Every word from Tagalog kapagka →