Where does “kagandahan” come from?

kagandahan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog ganda, from Sanskrit गन्ध, from Proto-Indo-Iranian g(ʰ)andʰ- — to smell.

kagandahan (Tagalog): beauty

Definitions

  1. beauty

Ancestry of “kagandahan”, step by step

kagandahan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog ganda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloggandabeauty
2Sanskritगन्धodour, smell, fragrance; fragrant substance,...
3Proto-Indo-Iraniang(ʰ)andʰ-to smell

via Tagalog ka- -han

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -han—

Words derived from “kagandahan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian g(ʰ)andʰ- →Every word from Sanskrit गन्ध →Every word from Tagalog ganda →
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