Where does “pananaw” come from?

pananaw (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog tanaw, from Cebuano tan-aw, from Proto-Philippine *taq(ə)náw.

pananaw (Tagalog): view; point of view; outlook

Definitions

  1. view; point of view; outlook

Ancestry of “pananaw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtanawvisible from a distance; able to be seen from afar
2Cebuanotan-awopinion, subjective observation; to see, to...
3Proto-Philippine*taq(ə)náw
Every word from Proto-Philippine *taq(ə)náwEvery word from Cebuano tan-awEvery word from Tagalog tanaw
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