Where does “kapanganakan” come from?

kapanganakan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog panganak, from Tagalog anak, from Proto-Philippine anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian anak, from Proto-Austronesian aNak — child.

kapanganakan (Tagalog): birth

Definitions

  1. birth

Ancestry of “kapanganakan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpanganak
2Tagaloganakchild
3Proto-Philippineanakchild
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiananakchild
5Proto-AustronesianaNakchild
Every word from Proto-Austronesian aNak