Where does “kabaguhan” come from?

kabaguhan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog bago, from Tagalog bagunsakupin, from Tagalog pagkamakabagunsakupin, from Tagalog pagka — if.

kabaguhan (Tagalog): newness; novelty; recentness

Definitions

  1. newness; novelty; recentness

Ancestry of “kabaguhan”, step by step

kabaguhan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog bago

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbagonew; before, prior
2Tagalogbagunsakupinneocolonial
3Tagalogpagkamakabagunsakupinneocolonialism
4Tagalogpagkaif

via Tagalog ka- -han

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -han—
Every word from Tagalog pagka →Every word from Tagalog pagkamakabagunsakupin →Every word from Tagalog bagunsakupin →