Where does “pangati” come from?

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

pangati (Tagalog): decoy

Definitions

  1. decoy

Ancestry of “pangati”, step by step

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