Where does “kaputian” come from?

kaputian (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog puti, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian putiq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)putiq — white.

kaputian (Tagalog): whiteness

Definitions

  1. whiteness

Ancestry of “kaputian”, step by step

kaputian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog puti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogputiwhite; white; Caucasian
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianputiqwhite
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)putiqwhite

via Tagalog ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -anused to form abstract nouns
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)putiq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian putiq →Every word from Tagalog puti →