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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -an—
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an →