Where does “pagyakap” come from?

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

pagyakap (Tagalog): act of embracing another

Definitions

  1. act of embracing another

Ancestry of “pagyakap”, 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 →