Where does “kapalaran” come from?

kapalaran (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog Palad, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaj — palm of the hand.

kapalaran (Tagalog): chance; luck; fortune

Definitions

  1. chance; luck; fortune

Ancestry of “kapalaran”, step by step

kapalaran traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog Palad

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagalogPaladmostly concentrated in Bulacan, Quezon and Laguna
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*palajpalm of the hand

via Tagalog ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -anused to form abstract nouns
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaj →Every word from Tagalog Palad →