Where does “paggatas” come from?

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

paggatas (Tagalog): milking of a mammal

Definitions

  1. milking of a mammal

Ancestry of “paggatas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpag-Used to form verbal nouns from verbs prefixed...
2Tagalogkapagif
3Tagalogkapagkaif
Every word from Tagalog kapagkaEvery word from Tagalog pag-Every word from Tagalog kapag