Where does “habang” come from?

habang (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog Haba, from Spanish Java — Java programming language.

habang (Tagalog): while; in the time that

Definitions

  1. while; in the time that

Ancestry of “habang”, step by step

habang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog Haba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagalogHabalength; lengthiness
2SpanishJavaJava programming language

via Tagalog haban

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloghabanpurple color/colour

Words derived from “habang”

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