Where does “kapabayaan” come from?

kapabayaan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog pabaya, from Swahili -baya, from Cornish bay, from Middle Cornish bay, from Middle English baye, from Old English beġ — berry.

kapabayaan (Tagalog): carelessness; negligence

Definitions

  1. carelessness; negligence

Ancestry of “kapabayaan”, step by step

kapabayaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog pabaya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpabayacareless; negligent
2Swahili-baya—
3Cornishbaykiss
4Middle Cornishbay—
5Middle Englishbaye—
6Old Englishbeġberry

via Tagalog ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -anused to form abstract nouns
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—
Every word from Old English beġ →Every word from Middle English baye →Every word from Swahili -baya →