Where does “tagapamagitan” come from?

tagapamagitan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog pagitan, from Tagalog pagiitan, from Tagalog -an, from Proto-Philippine *-an, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -an, from Proto-Austronesian -an — Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...

tagapamagitan (Tagalog): mediator; negotiator

Definitions

  1. mediator; negotiator

Ancestry of “tagapamagitan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpagitanspace; gap; interval; distance between two points
2Tagalogpagiitan
3Tagalog-anobject trigger: to do something to a person or a...
4Proto-Philippine*-anverbal suffix marking locative focus
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesian-anVerbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...
6Proto-Austronesian-anVerbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...
Every word from Proto-Austronesian -an