Where does “kasamaang-palad” come from?

kasamaang-palad (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog kasamaan, from Tagalog sama, from Sanskrit विषम — different, unequal, unlike.

kasamaang-palad (Tagalog): bad luck; misfortune

Definitions

  1. bad luck; misfortune

Ancestry of “kasamaang-palad”, step by step

kasamaang-palad traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog kasamaan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkasamaanevil; wrongdoing; wickedness; sin
2Tagalogsamaact of accompaniment; evil; wrongdoing;...
3Sanskritविषमdifferent, unequal, unlike

via Tagalog Palad

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagalogPaladmostly concentrated in Bulacan, Quezon and Laguna
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*palajpalm of the hand
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