Where does “Pampanga” come from?

Pampanga (Kapampangan) comes from Spanish Pampanga, from Spanish -a, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

Ancestry of “Pampanga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishPampanga—
2Spanish-a-ess used to form feminine singular nouns; used...
3Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
4Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “Pampanga”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Spanish -a →