Where does “gapasan” come from?

gapasan (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano -an, from Proto-Philippine *-an, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -an, from Proto-Austronesian -an — Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...

gapasan (Cebuano): a bow; a weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows

Definitions

  1. a bow; a weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows

Ancestry of “gapasan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuano-anplace of
2Proto-Philippine*-anverbal suffix marking locative focus
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian-anVerbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...
4Proto-Austronesian-anVerbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...
Every word from Proto-Austronesian -an →Every word from Cebuano -an →Every word from Proto-Philippine *-an →