Where does “paggayat” come from?

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

paggayat (Tagalog): act of cutting into thin slices

Definitions

  1. act of cutting into thin slices

Ancestry of “paggayat”, 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 →