Where does “lapastangan” come from?

lapastangan (Tagalog) comes from Malay tangan, from Proto-Malayic taŋan — hand.

lapastangan (Tagalog): irreverent; disrespectful; discourteous

Definitions

  1. irreverent; disrespectful; discourteous

Ancestry of “lapastangan”, step by step

lapastangan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay tangan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytanganhand
2Proto-Malayictaŋanhand

via Malay lepas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylepasafter, past, ago
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ləpasto set free, to let loose, to be liberated

Words derived from “lapastangan”

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