Where does “karapatan” come from?

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

karapatan (Tagalog): right; authority

Definitions

  1. right; authority

Ancestry of “karapatan”, step by step

karapatan 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 dapat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogdapatan adverb that indicates obligation

Words derived from “karapatan”

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