Where does “panitikan” come from?
panitikan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog titik — letter of the alphabet.
panitikan (Tagalog): literature
Definitions
- literature
Ancestry of “panitikan”, step by step
panitikan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog titik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | titik | letter of the alphabet |
via Tagalog pan- -an
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | pan- -an | for roots with initials ⟨d⟩, ⟨s⟩ and ⟨t⟩, which will usually have them removed |