Where does “hapunan” come from?

hapunan (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.

hapunan (Tagalog): dinner, supper

Definitions

  1. dinner, supper

Ancestry of “hapunan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloghaponafternoon
2SpanishJapónJapan
3PortugueseJapãoJapanese
4MalayJepangJapanese
5Hokkien日本Japan; Japanese; Japan
6Middle Chinese日本Land of the Rising Sun

Words derived from “hapunan”

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