Where does “kalinisan” come from?

kalinisan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog linis, from Proto-Philippine *linis.

kalinisan (Tagalog): cleanliness

Definitions

  1. cleanliness

Ancestry of “kalinisan”, step by step

kalinisan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog linis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglinisanything that refers to the quality of being...
2Proto-Philippine*linis—

via Tagalog ka- -an

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

Words derived from “kalinisan”

Every word from Proto-Philippine *linis →Every word from Tagalog linis →
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