Where does “batoon” come from?

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

batoon (Cebuano): rocky; full of, or abounding in, rocks;...

Definitions

  1. rocky; full of, or abounding in, rocks;...

Ancestry of “batoon”, step by step

batoon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano Bato

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

via Cebuano on

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoon—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *batux →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian batu →Every word from Cebuano Bato →