Where does “Bato” come from?

Bato (Cebuano) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batux — rock; stone.

Bato (Cebuano): stone; pebble, rock, or boulder

Definitions

  1. stone; pebble, rock, or boulder

Ancestry of “Bato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbatustone
2Proto-Austronesian*batuxrock; stone

Words derived from “Bato”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *batux →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian batu →