Where does “kahirapan” come from?

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

kahirapan (Tagalog): hardship; difficulty

Definitions

  1. hardship; difficulty

Ancestry of “kahirapan”, step by step

kahirapan 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 hirap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloghirapdifficulty; hardship of a task or action
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*hidap—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an →
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