Where does “pang- -an” come from?

pang- -an (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog pang-, from Tagalog kamatis, from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomātl, from Proto-Nahuan *toma- — tomatillo.

pang- -an (Tagalog): instrumentative circumfix: used to form nouns indicating a place or concept where the action expressed by the root is performed

Definitions

  1. instrumentative circumfix: used to form nouns indicating a place or concept where the action expressed by the root is performed

Ancestry of “pang- -an”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpang-Used to form nouns indicating instruments or...
2Tagalogkamatistomato
3Spanishtomatetomato; tomatillo; hole
4Classical Nahuatltomātltomato
5Proto-Nahuan*toma-tomatillo

Words derived from “pang- -an”

Every word from Proto-Nahuan *toma- →Every word from Classical Nahuatl tomātl →Every word from Spanish tomate →