Where does “kagabatan” come from?

kagabatan (Bikol Central) comes from Bikol Central gabat, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀəqat.

Ancestry of “kagabatan”, step by step

kagabatan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bikol Central gabat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centralgabat—
2Proto-Austronesian*bəʀəqat—

via Bikol Central ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centralka- -an—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀəqat →Every word from Bikol Central gabat →