Where does “kapayatan” come from?

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

kapayatan (Tagalog): thinness

Definitions

  1. thinness

Ancestry of “kapayatan”, step by step

kapayatan 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 payat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpayatskinny; slim
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an →Every word from Tagalog ka- -an →