Where does “kabaklaan” come from?

kabaklaan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog bakla, from Spanish -a, from Old Spanish -a.

kabaklaan (Tagalog): gayness; homosexuality

Definitions

  1. gayness; homosexuality

Ancestry of “kabaklaan”, step by step

kabaklaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog bakla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbaklaeffeminate man; fag; gay male; hermaphrodite
2Spanish-a-ess used to form feminine singular nouns; used...
3Old Spanish-a—

via Tagalog ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -anused to form abstract nouns
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—
Every word from Old Spanish -a →