Where does “kawalang-pag-asa” come from?

kawalang-pag-asa (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog pag-asa, from Tagalog asa, from Sanskrit आशा, from Sanskrit आ॒शस्, from Sanskrit आ-, from Sanskrit आ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HáH.

kawalang-pag-asa (Tagalog): hopelessness; despair

Definitions

  1. hopelessness; despair

Ancestry of “kawalang-pag-asa”, step by step

kawalang-pag-asa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog pag-asa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpag-asahope
2Tagalogasaact of hoping
3Sanskritआशाhope, expectation; desire, wish, prospect; a...
4Sanskritआ॒शस्
5Sanskritआ-up, upon, on
6Sanskritseparated form of आ-; With senses determined by...
7Proto-Indo-Iranian*HáH

via Tagalog kawalang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkawalang
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HáH