Where does “kagayutan” come from?

kagayutan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog ka- -an, from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an.

kagayutan (Tagalog): toughness

Definitions

  1. toughness

Ancestry of “kagayutan”, step by step

kagayutan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -anused to form abstract nouns
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—

via Tagalog gayot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloggayottoughness
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an →Every word from Tagalog ka- -an →