Where does “kabutihang-palad” come from?

kabutihang-palad (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog kabutihan, from Tagalog buti, from Sanskrit भूति — existence, being.

kabutihang-palad (Tagalog): good luck or fortune

Definitions

  1. good luck or fortune

Ancestry of “kabutihang-palad”, step by step

kabutihang-palad traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog kabutihan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkabutihangoodness; excellence; being good or fine
2Tagalogbutigoodness, kindness
3Sanskritभूतिexistence, being

via Tagalog Palad

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagalogPaladmostly concentrated in Bulacan, Quezon and Laguna
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*palajpalm of the hand
Every word from Sanskrit भूति →Every word from Tagalog buti →Every word from Tagalog kabutihan →