Where does “kasikatan” come from?

kasikatan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog sikat, from Proto-Philippine *sikát.

kasikatan (Tagalog): peak of popularity or fame of someone or something

Definitions

  1. peak of popularity or fame of someone or something

Ancestry of “kasikatan”, step by step

kasikatan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog sikat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogsikatrise or appearance on the sky; rays; brightness;...
2Proto-Philippine*sikát—

via Tagalog ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -anused to form abstract nouns
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—
Every word from Proto-Philippine *sikát →Every word from Tagalog sikat →