Where does “walang-humpay” come from?

walang-humpay (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog wala, from Proto-Philippine *wada.

walang-humpay (Tagalog): incessant; ceaseless; continuous; never ceasing

Definitions

  1. incessant; ceaseless; continuous; never ceasing

Ancestry of “walang-humpay”, step by step

walang-humpay traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog wala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogwalanothing; none; absent; gulf; high seas
2Proto-Philippine*wada—

via Tagalog humpay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloghumpaycessation; stop; pause
Every word from Proto-Philippine *wada →