Where does “pag-initan” come from?

pag-initan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog init, from Proto-Austronesian qaŋet.

pag-initan (Tagalog): to be the subject of agitation or anger

Definitions

  1. to be the subject of agitation or anger

Ancestry of “pag-initan”, step by step

pag-initan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog init

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloginitheat; warmth; temperature; swelter, sweltering...
2Proto-Austronesianqaŋet

via Tagalog pag- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpag- -anObject trigger - perform the action of the verb on/ at/ to/ in something or someone
Every word from Proto-Austronesian qaŋetEvery word from Tagalog init