Where does “kaliitan” come from?

kaliitan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog ka- -an, from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an.

Ancestry of “kaliitan”, step by step

kaliitan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -anused to form abstract nouns
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an

via Tagalog liit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogliitsmallness
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an