Where does “kalupaan” come from?

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

kalupaan (Tagalog): land; landmass; the lithosphere

Definitions

  1. land; landmass; the lithosphere

Ancestry of “kalupaan”, step by step

kalupaan 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 lupa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglupaearth; soil; ground
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an →Every word from Tagalog ka- -an →