Where does “kabalintunaan” come from?

kabalintunaan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog ka- -an, from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an.

kabalintunaan (Tagalog): paradox

Definitions

  1. paradox

Ancestry of “kabalintunaan”, step by step

kabalintunaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog ka- -an

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

via Tagalog balintuna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbalintunaabsurd; unbelievable
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an →Every word from Tagalog ka- -an →