Where does “pampasabog” come from?

pampasabog (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog pasabog, from Tagalog pa-, from Proto-Austronesian pa- — causative prefix.

pampasabog (Tagalog): explosive

Definitions

  1. explosive

Ancestry of “pampasabog”, step by step

pampasabog traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog pasabog

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpasabogexplosive
2Tagalogpa-"adverbial prefix" - "Indicates process of...
3Proto-Austronesianpa-causative prefix

via Tagalog pam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpam—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian pa- →Every word from Tagalog pa- →Every word from Tagalog pasabog →
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