Where does “Cabatuan” come from?

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

Cabatuan (Cebuano): most concentrated in Cebu and Northern Mindanao

Definitions

  1. most concentrated in Cebu and Northern Mindanao

Ancestry of “Cabatuan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanokabatoana rocky area
2CebuanoBatostone; pebble, rock, or boulder
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbatustone
4Proto-Austronesian*batuxrock; stone

Words derived from “Cabatuan”

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