Where does “nakaraan” come from?

nakaraan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog daan, from Proto-Philippine dalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan, from Proto-Austronesian zalan — path.

nakaraan (Tagalog): past

Definitions

  1. past

Ancestry of “nakaraan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogdaanpath, way, road; hundred
2Proto-Philippinedalanpath a trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians; a course taken (made by humans as opposed to an animal)
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzalanpath
4Proto-Austronesianzalanpath
Every word from Proto-Austronesian zalan →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan →Every word from Proto-Philippine dalan →