Where does “kaligayahan” come from?

kaligayahan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog Ligaya, from Tagalog ligaya — happiness.

kaligayahan (Tagalog): happiness in general

Definitions

  1. happiness in general

Ancestry of “kaligayahan”, step by step

kaligayahan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog Ligaya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagalogLigayahappiness; joy; rejoicing
2Tagalogligayahappiness

via Tagalog ka- -han

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -han—
Every word from Tagalog ligaya →Every word from Tagalog Ligaya →