Where does “tahandas” come from?

tahandas (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog dagindas, from Tagalog dagitab — electricity.

tahandas (Tagalog): anode

Definitions

  1. anode

Ancestry of “tahandas”, step by step

tahandas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog dagindas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogdagindaselectrode
2Tagalogdagitabelectricity

via Tagalog tahas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtahasdirect; definite; frank; straightforward;...
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