Where does “sugasipat” come from?

sugasipat (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog suga, from Spanish soga, from Late Latin soca.

sugasipat (Tagalog): photoscope

Definitions

  1. photoscope

Ancestry of “sugasipat”, step by step

sugasipat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog suga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogsugahalter; rope; tether for animals
2Spanishsogarope; noose; sly or cunning person
3Late Latinsoca

via Tagalog sipat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogsipataiming at a target with a gun, etc
Every word from Late Latin soca
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