Where does “tagarito” come from?

tagarito (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog dito, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *di-tu, from Proto-Austronesian *Cu.

tagarito (Tagalog): resident or native of this place

Definitions

  1. resident or native of this place

Ancestry of “tagarito”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogditohere
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*di-tu—
3Proto-Austronesian*Cu—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *Cu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *di-tu →Every word from Tagalog dito →