Where does “tagapaglingkod” come from?

tagapaglingkod (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog tagapag-, from Tagalog pag-, from Tagalog kapag, from Tagalog kapagka — if.

tagapaglingkod (Tagalog): servant

Definitions

  1. servant

Ancestry of “tagapaglingkod”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtagapag-Used to form agent nouns from verbs prefixed with...
2Tagalogpag-Used to form verbal nouns from verbs prefixed...
3Tagalogkapagif
4Tagalogkapagkaif
Every word from Tagalog kapagkaEvery word from Tagalog pag-Every word from Tagalog tagapag-