Where does “kapanahunan” come from?

kapanahunan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog panahon, from Tagalog dahon, from Proto-Austronesian *dahun.

kapanahunan (Tagalog): age; era

Definitions

  1. age; era

Ancestry of “kapanahunan”, step by step

kapanahunan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog panahon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpanahontime; a point in time; a duration of time, while;...
2Tagalogdahonleaf
3Proto-Austronesian*dahun—

via Tagalog ka- -an

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