Where does “kagahasaan” come from?

kagahasaan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog gahasa, from Sanskrit साहस — adventure, boldness, daring, aggression,...

kagahasaan (Tagalog): violence

Definitions

  1. violence

Ancestry of “kagahasaan”, step by step

kagahasaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog gahasa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloggahasaimpetuous; violently hasty
2Sanskritसाहसadventure, boldness, daring, aggression,...

via Tagalog ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -anused to form abstract nouns
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—
Every word from Sanskrit साहस →Every word from Tagalog gahasa →