Where does “kababaan” come from?

kababaan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog baba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baba, from Austronesian *baba.

kababaan (Tagalog): lowness in height, altitude, price, etc

Definitions

  1. lowness in height, altitude, price, etc

Ancestry of “kababaan”, step by step

kababaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog baba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbabalow; chin; to descend
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*baba—
3Austronesian*baba—

via Tagalog ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -anused to form abstract nouns
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—

Words derived from “kababaan”

Every word from Austronesian *baba →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baba →Every word from Tagalog baba →