Where does “kakayanan” come from?

kakayanan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog kaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kaya, from Proto-Austronesian kaya — able, capable, strong, wealthy.

Ancestry of “kakayanan”, step by step

kakayanan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog kaya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkayaable; capable; ability; capability; competence;...
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankaya—
3Proto-Austronesiankayaable, capable, strong, wealthy

via Tagalog ka- -nan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -nan—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian kaya →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kaya →Every word from Tagalog kaya →