Where does “pasigayon” come from?

pasigayon (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog gayon, from Tagalog gay-on, from Tagalog gayaon, from Tagalog ga- — used to indicate of a similar extremeness in size: as big as; as large as; as small as; as little as; as tiny as.

pasigayon (Tagalog): cessation from doing some work

Definitions

  1. cessation from doing some work

Ancestry of “pasigayon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloggayonlike that; in that particular manner far from both the speaker and the person addressed
2Tagaloggay-on
3Tagaloggayaon
4Tagalogga-used to indicate of a similar extremeness in size: as big as; as large as; as small as; as little as; as tiny as
Every word from Tagalog ga-Every word from Tagalog gayaonEvery word from Tagalog gay-on
pasigayon — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer