Where does “tagapagsaliksik” come from?

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

tagapagsaliksik (Tagalog): researcher

Definitions

  1. researcher

Ancestry of “tagapagsaliksik”, 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 kapagka →Every word from Tagalog pag- →Every word from Tagalog tagapag- →