Where does “kapangitan” come from?

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

kapangitan (Tagalog): ugliness

Definitions

  1. ugliness

Ancestry of “kapangitan”, step by step

kapangitan 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 pangit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpangitugly
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an →Every word from Tagalog ka- -an →