Where does “katalunan” come from?

katalunan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog talo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian talu.

katalunan (Tagalog): defeat

Definitions

  1. defeat

Ancestry of “katalunan”, step by step

katalunan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog talo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtalodispute; argument; quarrel; defeat; loss; loser
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantalu—

via Tagalog ka- -nan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -nan—
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