Where does “hapon” come from?

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

hapon (Tagalog): afternoon

Definitions

  1. afternoon

Ancestry of “hapon”, step by step

hapon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish Japón

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishJapónJapan
2PortugueseJapãoJapanese
3MalayJepangJapanese
4Hokkien日本Japan; Japanese; Japan
5Middle Chinese日本Land of the Rising Sun

via Proto-Philippine *hapun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*hapun—

Words derived from “hapon”

Every word from Middle Chinese 日本 →Every word from Hokkien 日本 →Every word from Malay Jepang →