Where does “um-” come from?
um- (Tagalog) comes from Spanish andar, from Vulgar Latin and(i)tare, from Latin ambitare, from Latin adito, from Latin adeō, from Interlingua deo, from French Dieu, from Middle French Dieu — spring.
um- (Tagalog): "actor trigger": to do something; "no trigger":...
Definitions
- "actor trigger": to do something; "no trigger":...
Ancestry of “um-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | andar | to walk, to go; to amble, to travel; to ride |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | and(i)tare | to go |
| 3 | Latin | ambitare | present active infinitive of *ambitō;... |
| 4 | Latin | adito | I go to or approach often; second-person singular... |
| 5 | Latin | adeō | so, thus, so much |
| 6 | Interlingua | deo | a god, deity |
| 7 | French | Dieu | God; to God |
| 8 | Middle French | Dieu | God Christian deity |
| 9 | Old French | deü | Alternative form of deu |
| 10 | Latin | dēbēre | — |
| 11 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 12 | Latin | verum | truly; even so; but; yet; however; still |
| 13 | Latin | vēr | spring |
| 14 | Latin | veror | — |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | wezor | spring |