Where does “Batik” come from?

Batik (Cebuano) comes from Javanese bathik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bətik, from Proto-Austronesian *bəCik — tattoo.

Batik (Cebuano): the constellation Orion

Definitions

  1. the constellation Orion

Ancestry of “Batik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Javanesebathika texture-picture drawing on a textile material...
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*bətiktattoo
3Proto-Austronesian*bəCiktattoo
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *bəCik →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bətik →Every word from Javanese bathik →