Where does “pagbawas” come from?

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

pagbawas (Tagalog): reduction; subtraction; elimination

Definitions

  1. reduction; subtraction; elimination

Ancestry of “pagbawas”, 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 →
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