Where does “kakawasaan” come from?
kakawasaan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog kawasa, from Malay kuasa, from Javanese ꦏꦸꦮꦱ, from Javanese ꦏꦮꦱ, from Old Javanese kawaśa, from Old Javanese waśa, from Sanskrit वश, from Sanskrit वश् — to wish, to want.
kakawasaan (Tagalog): patience in suffering work
Definitions
- patience in suffering work
Ancestry of “kakawasaan”, step by step
kakawasaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog kawasa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | kawasa | endurance or tolerance of suffering |
| 2 | Malay | kuasa | power |
| 3 | Javanese | ꦏꦸꦮꦱ | powerful |
| 4 | Javanese | ꦏꦮꦱ | powerful |
| 5 | Old Javanese | kawaśa | overpowered, dominated, mastered, subdued |
| 6 | Old Javanese | waśa | power, force |
| 7 | Sanskrit | वश | will, wish, desire; authority, power, control,... |
| 8 | Sanskrit | वश् | to will, command; to desire, wish, long for, be... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | weḱ- | to wish, to want |