Where does “kapatagan” come from?

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

kapatagan (Tagalog): plain; flatland

Definitions

  1. plain; flatland

Ancestry of “kapatagan”, step by step

kapatagan 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 patag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpataglevel; flat; even
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpataʀshelf; bedframe

Words derived from “kapatagan”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an →Every word from Tagalog ka- -an →
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