Where does “karagdagan” come from?

karagdagan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog dagdag, from Arabic دَقَّ — to be thin, to be fine, to be small; to knock”,...

karagdagan (Tagalog): additional

Definitions

karagdagan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Tagalog	dagdag	addition; extra
2	Arabic	دَقَّ	to be thin, to be fine, to be small; to knock”,...

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Tagalog	ka- -an	used to form abstract nouns
2	Proto-Austronesian	*ka- -an	—