Where does “magpakailanman” come from?

magpakailanman (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog kailanman, from Tagalog man, from English MAN, from English manual, from Middle English manuel, from Anglo-Norman manuel, from Old French manual, from Latin manuālis — human being; man; hand.

magpakailanman (Tagalog): forever

Definitions

  1. forever

Ancestry of “magpakailanman”, step by step

magpakailanman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog kailanman

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkailanmanwhenever
2Tagalogmanalthough; even if; even though; also
3EnglishMANInitialism of Metropolitan Area Network
4EnglishmanualA handbook; A booklet that instructs on the usage...
5Middle Englishmanuel
6Anglo-Normanmanuelmanual; done with the hands; handle; manual;...
7Old Frenchmanual
8Latinmanuālishand
9Latinmanushand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting
10Proto-Italicmanushand
11Proto-Indo-Europeanman-human being; man; hand

via Tagalog magpa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogmagpa
Every word from Proto-Indo-European man-