Where does “pagpirot” come from?

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

pagpirot (Tagalog): act of pinching and twisting with fingers

Definitions

  1. act of pinching and twisting with fingers

Ancestry of “pagpirot”, 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 →