Etymology

bayanihan

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Today it means: Mutual cooperation for the public good. Full definition →

Tagalog bayanihan ← Kapampangan bayani ← Proto-Philippine *baʀani
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The story

  1. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*baʀani
  2. Proto-Philippine*baʀani
  3. Kapampanganbayani
  4. Tagalogbayani
  5. Tagalogbayanihan
  6. English todaybayanihan

Borrowed from Tagalog bayanihan.

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