Where does “pangmatagalan” come from?
pangmatagalan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog matagal, from Tagalog ma-, from Icelandic landi, from Icelandic land, from Old Norse land, from Proto-Germanic landą, from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- — land, heath; loins.
pangmatagalan (Tagalog): long-term
Definitions
- long-term
Ancestry of “pangmatagalan”, step by step
pangmatagalan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog matagal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | matagal | long; durable; stable; resisting; tireless |
| 2 | Tagalog | ma- | Used to form adjectives indicating a quality;... |
| 3 | Icelandic | landi | the people, general population; a fellow... |
| 4 | Icelandic | land | land, earth, ground; country; countryside,... |
| 5 | Old Norse | land | land |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | landą | land, area of ground |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lendʰ- | land, heath; loins |
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 |