Where does “katunayan” come from?

katunayan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog tunay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tunay.

katunayan (Tagalog): truth; actuality

Definitions

  1. truth; actuality

Ancestry of “katunayan”, step by step

katunayan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog tunay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtunaytrue; correct; exact; real; genuine; meaningful;...
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantunay—

via Tagalog ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -anused to form abstract nouns
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tunay →