Where does “kalalakihan” come from?

kalalakihan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog lalaki, from Tagalog laki, from Proto-Philippine *dakəl.

kalalakihan (Tagalog): men, males as a group; multitude of men

Definitions

  1. men, males as a group; multitude of men

Ancestry of “kalalakihan”, step by step

kalalakihan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog lalaki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglalakiman; boy; guy; a male human who is adolescent or...
2Tagaloglakisize
3Proto-Philippine*dakəl—

via Tagalog ka- -han

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -han—
Every word from Proto-Philippine *dakəl →Every word from Tagalog laki →Every word from Tagalog lalaki →