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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | kagalingan | goodness; healing |
| 2 | Tagalog | ka- -an | used to form abstract nouns |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | *ka- -an | — |