Where does “kalaunan” come from?

kalaunan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog laon, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laun.

kalaunan (Tagalog): long time

Definitions

  1. long time

Ancestry of “kalaunan”, step by step

kalaunan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog laon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglaonold
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*laun—

via Tagalog ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -anused to form abstract nouns
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laun →Every word from Tagalog laon →
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