Where does “pangatawanan” come from?
pangatawanan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog pang- -an, from Tagalog pang-, from Tagalog kamatis, from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomātl, from Proto-Nahuan *toma- — tomatillo.
pangatawanan (Tagalog): to stand by something; to commit to something such as a promise, conviction, belief, etc
Definitions
- to stand by something; to commit to something such as a promise, conviction, belief, etc
Ancestry of “pangatawanan”, step by step
pangatawanan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog pang- -an
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | pang- -an | instrumentative circumfix: used to form nouns indicating a place or concept where the action expressed by the root is performed |
| 2 | Tagalog | pang- | Used to form nouns indicating instruments or... |
| 3 | Tagalog | kamatis | tomato |
| 4 | Spanish | tomate | tomato; tomatillo; hole |
| 5 | Classical Nahuatl | tomātl | tomato |
| 6 | Proto-Nahuan | *toma- | tomatillo |