Where does “tagamasa” come from?
tagamasa (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog masa, from Malay masa, from Malay peng-, from Malay -an, from English -ant, from Middle English -ant, from Old English -ende, from Proto-West Germanic *-andī — front.
tagamasa (Tagalog): doughmaker
Definitions
- doughmaker
Ancestry of “tagamasa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | masa | dough; people; the masses |
| 2 | Malay | masa | time; period; words to express distrust and... |
| 3 | Malay | peng- | actor, instrument, or someone characterized by... |
| 4 | Malay | -an | Suffix for collectivity; Suffix for similarity;... |
| 5 | English | -ant | The agent noun derived from verb; An adjective... |
| 6 | Middle English | -ant | — |
| 7 | Old English | -ende | equivalent of English -ing; suffix for present... |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *-andī | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -andz | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 11 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 12 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 13 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 14 | Turkish | ön | front |