Where does “harap” come from?

harap (Tagalog) comes from Malay hadap, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qadəp — front.

harap (Tagalog): front; forefront; foreground

Definitions

  1. front; forefront; foreground

Ancestry of “harap”, step by step

harap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay hadap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayhadapto face
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqadəpfront

via Old Javanese harep

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javaneseharepfront

Words derived from “harap”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qadəp →Every word from Malay hadap →