Where does “kaganapan” come from?

kaganapan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog ganap, from Malay genap, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gənəp, from Proto-Austronesian *gənəp.

kaganapan (Tagalog): completeness; fullness

Definitions

  1. completeness; fullness

Ancestry of “kaganapan”, step by step

kaganapan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog ganap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogganapcomplete; full; exact
2Malaygenapeven (of numerals)
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*gənəp—
4Proto-Austronesian*gənəp—

via Tagalog ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -anused to form abstract nouns
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *gənəp →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gənəp →Every word from Malay genap →