Where does “pampalaglag” come from?

pampalaglag (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog pampa-, from Tagalog pa-, from Proto-Austronesian pa- — causative prefix.

pampalaglag (Tagalog): an abortifacient

Definitions

  1. an abortifacient

Ancestry of “pampalaglag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpampa-(instrumentative prefix) forms nouns indicating agent, tool, instrument that is used to perform the action expressed by the root
2Tagalogpa-"adverbial prefix" - "Indicates process of...
3Proto-Austronesianpa-causative prefix
Every word from Proto-Austronesian pa- →