Where does “katapatan” come from?

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

katapatan (Tagalog): honesty

Definitions

  1. honesty

Ancestry of “katapatan”, step by step

katapatan 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 tapat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtapathonest; truthful; sincere; loyal

Words derived from “katapatan”

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