Where does “katanungan” come from?

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

katanungan (Tagalog): question; set of questions

Definitions

  1. question; set of questions

Ancestry of “katanungan”, step by step

katanungan 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 tanong

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtanongquestion
2Malaytenungto gaze fixedly; to stare
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an →Every word from Tagalog ka- -an →