Where does “kabayanihan” come from?

kabayanihan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog Bayani, from Kapampangan bayani, from Proto-Philippine *baʀani, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀani — to be brave, be bold.

kabayanihan (Tagalog): heroism

Definitions

  1. heroism

Ancestry of “kabayanihan”, step by step

kabayanihan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog Bayani

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagalogBayanihero
2Kapampanganbayanihero; valiant
3Proto-Philippine*baʀanihero
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*baʀanito be brave, be bold

via Tagalog ka- -han

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -han—

Words derived from “kabayanihan”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀani →Every word from Proto-Philippine *baʀani →Every word from Kapampangan bayani →