Where does “pag-upas” come from?

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

pag-upas (Tagalog): removing leaves of plants

Definitions

  1. removing leaves of plants

Ancestry of “pag-upas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpag-Used to form verbal nouns from verbs prefixed...
2Tagalogkapagif
3Tagalogkapagkaif
Every word from Tagalog kapagka →Every word from Tagalog pag- →Every word from Tagalog kapag →
pag-upas — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer