Where does “kalungsuran” come from?

kalungsuran (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog lungsod, from Cebuano lungsod — a town.

kalungsuran (Tagalog): urban areas

Definitions

  1. urban areas

Ancestry of “kalungsuran”, step by step

kalungsuran traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog lungsod

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglungsodcity
2Cebuanolungsoda town

via Tagalog ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -anused to form abstract nouns
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—
Every word from Cebuano lungsod →Every word from Tagalog lungsod →