Where does “kainaman” come from?

kainaman (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog inam, from Hungarian -ám, from Portuguese -ão, from Old Portuguese -ão, from Latin -ānus — Of or pertaining to; -ian.

kainaman (Tagalog): niceness; fineness

Definitions

  1. niceness; fineness

Ancestry of “kainaman”, step by step

kainaman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog inam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloginamniceness; prettiness; beauty
2Hungarian-ámAdded to a stem or other parts of speech to form...
3Portuguese-ãoforms the augmentative of nouns; forms the...
4Old Portuguese-ão—
5Latin-ānusOf or pertaining to; -ian

via Tagalog ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -anused to form abstract nouns
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—
Every word from Latin -ānus →Every word from Portuguese -ão →Every word from Hungarian -ám →