Where does “sertamen” come from?

sertamen (Tagalog) comes from Spanish certamen, from Latin certamen, from Latin certō, from Latin certus, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.

sertamen (Tagalog): literary, scientific, or artistic contest

Definitions

  1. literary, scientific, or artistic contest

Ancestry of “sertamen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcertamencompetition, contest; poetry function
2LatincertamenA contest, race, struggle, strife; A battle,...
3Latincertōto match, vie with, emulate
4Latincertuscertain; fixed, settled, firm; resolved,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeankrey-to sift, separate, divide
Every word from Proto-Indo-European krey- →Every word from Latin certus →Every word from Latin certō →