Where does “sapilitan” come from?

sapilitan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog pilit, from Proto-Philippine *pílit.

sapilitan (Tagalog): by force; forcibly

Definitions

  1. by force; forcibly

Ancestry of “sapilitan”, step by step

sapilitan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog pilit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpilitforced; strained; labored; done with difficulty
2Proto-Philippine*pílit—

via Tagalog sa- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogsa- -anforms terms to denote a method of doing things
Every word from Proto-Philippine *pílit →Every word from Tagalog pilit →