Where does “pagkabilanggo” come from?

pagkabilanggo (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog bilanggo, from Malay belenggu, from Tamil விலங்கு — to be transverse.

pagkabilanggo (Tagalog): imprisonment

Definitions

  1. imprisonment

Ancestry of “pagkabilanggo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbilanggobailiff; prisoner; captive; convict
2Malaybelenggu—
3Tamilவிலங்குto be transverse

Words derived from “pagkabilanggo”

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