Where does “tamo” come from?

tamo (Tagalog) comes from Malay temu, from Northern Luri تمو, from Common Turkic *tamu, from Sogdian 𐽂𐼺𐼴.

tamo (Tagalog): act of acquiring of a prize, honor, etc

Definitions

  1. act of acquiring of a prize, honor, etc

Ancestry of “tamo”, step by step

tamo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay temu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytemuto meet, to encounter
2Northern Luriتمو
3Common Turkic*tamu
4Sogdian𐽂𐼺𐼴

via Tagalog kita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagalogkitaSecond-person form, used when speaking directly...
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(i-)kitawe, us, our
3Proto-Austronesian(i-)kitawe, us, our

via Tagalog mo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogmosecond person singular possessive adjective; your
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*-mu
3Proto-Austronesian*-amu
Every word from Sogdian 𐽂𐼺𐼴
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