Where does “kaspaon” come from?

kaspaon (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano kaspa, from Spanish caspa — dandruff.

kaspaon (Cebuano): To cause dandruff; Covered in dandruff; Suffering...

Definitions

  1. To cause dandruff; Covered in dandruff; Suffering...

Ancestry of “kaspaon”, step by step

kaspaon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano kaspa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanokaspadandruff
2Spanishcaspadandruff

via Cebuano on

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoon—
Every word from Spanish caspa →Every word from Cebuano kaspa →