Where does “pagkalalaki” come from?

pagkalalaki (Cebuano) comes from Tagalog lalaki, from Tagalog laki, from Proto-Philippine *dakəl.

pagkalalaki (Cebuano): manliness; the quality of being manly; the set of...

Definitions

  1. manliness; the quality of being manly; the set of...

Ancestry of “pagkalalaki”, step by step

pagkalalaki traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog lalaki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglalakiman; boy; guy; a male human who is adolescent or...
2Tagaloglakisize
3Proto-Philippine*dakəl—

via Cebuano lalaki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanolalakia male; a boy or man; male
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*la-laki—

via Tagalog pagka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpagkaif
2Tagalogpagkamakabagunsakupinneocolonialism
Every word from Proto-Philippine *dakəl →Every word from Tagalog laki →Every word from Tagalog lalaki →