Where does “kagamulan” come from?

kagamulan (Tagalog) comes from Old English gamol, from Proto-Germanic gamalaz — old, weak.

kagamulan (Tagalog): dirtiness (especially of the face)

Definitions

  1. dirtiness (especially of the face)

Ancestry of “kagamulan”, step by step

kagamulan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English gamol

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishgamolold, ancient
2Proto-Germanicgamalazold, weak

via Tagalog ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -anused to form abstract nouns
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—
Every word from Proto-Germanic gamalaz →Every word from Old English gamol →