Where does “tawag-pamitagan” come from?

tawag-pamitagan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog tawag, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tawaʀ.

tawag-pamitagan (Tagalog): honorific

Definitions

  1. honorific

Ancestry of “tawag-pamitagan”, step by step

tawag-pamitagan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog tawag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtawagway something is called; a phone call
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*tawaʀ—

via Tagalog pamitagan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpamitagan—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tawaʀ →Every word from Tagalog tawag →