Where does “gagana fa'aaloalo” come from?

gagana fa'aaloalo (Samoan) comes from Samoan fa'a, from Proto-Polynesian faka — like.

gagana fa'aaloalo (Samoan): special vocabulary used when speaking...

Definitions

  1. special vocabulary used when speaking...

Ancestry of “gagana fa'aaloalo”, step by step

gagana fa'aaloalo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Samoan fa'a

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Samoanfa'ain the manner of; in fashion
2Proto-Polynesianfakalike

via Samoan gagana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Samoangaganalanguage
2Proto-Polynesian*ŋaŋana—
Every word from Proto-Polynesian faka →Every word from Samoan fa'a →