Where does “pagkaon” come from?

pagkaon (Bikol Central) comes from Bikol Central kaon, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kaən, from Proto-Austronesian kaən — to eat.

Ancestry of “pagkaon”, step by step

pagkaon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bikol Central kaon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centralkaon—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankaənto eat
3Proto-Austronesiankaənto eat

via Bikol Central pag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centralpag—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian kaən →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kaən →Every word from Bikol Central kaon →