Where does “dapithapon” come from?

dapithapon (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog hapon, from Spanish Japón, from Portuguese Japão, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本, from Middle Chinese 日本 — Land of the Rising Sun.

dapithapon (Tagalog): dusk; twilight; sunset

Definitions

dusk; twilight; sunset

Ancestry of “dapithapon”, step by step

dapithapon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog hapon

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Tagalog	hapon	afternoon
2	Spanish	Japón	Japan
3	Portuguese	Japão	Japanese
4	Malay	Jepang	Japanese
5	Hokkien	日本	Japan; Japanese; Japan
6	Middle Chinese	日本	Land of the Rising Sun

via Tagalog dapit

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Tagalog	dapit	religious ceremony where a dead body is brought into a church with a priest and acolytes where it is blessed before being buried
2	Proto-Malayo-Polynesian	*dapit	—

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