Where does “bata” come from?

bata (Cebuano) comes from Spanish bata, from French ouate — cotton wool; first-person singular present...

bata (Cebuano): a baby; a young animal; a juvenile; a young; a...

Definitions

  1. a baby; a young animal; a juvenile; a young; a...

Ancestry of “bata”, step by step

bata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish bata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishbatadressing gown, robe; lab coat; smock
2Frenchouatecotton wool; first-person singular present...

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bataq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbataqchild
2Proto-Austronesianbataq—

Words derived from “bata”

Every word from French ouate →Every word from Spanish bata →