Where does “pagsabihan” come from?

pagsabihan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog sabi — Speech; what one says; To say; to speak; To tell.

pagsabihan (Tagalog): to reproach, admonish, scold

Definitions

  1. to reproach, admonish, scold

Ancestry of “pagsabihan”, step by step

pagsabihan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog sabi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagalogsabiSpeech; what one says; To say; to speak; To tell

via Tagalog pag- -han

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpag- -han
Every word from Tagalog sabi