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Where does “Cagalingan” come from?

Cagalingan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog kagalingan, from Tagalog ka- -an, from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an.

Ancestry of “Cagalingan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkagalingangoodness; healing
2Tagalogka- -an—
3Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an →