Where does “baybayon” come from?

baybayon (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano baybay, from Proto-Philippine *baybáy.

baybayon (Cebuano): seashore; the coastal land bordering a sea or an ocean

Definitions

  1. seashore; the coastal land bordering a sea or an ocean

Ancestry of “baybayon”, step by step

baybayon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano baybay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanobaybaya beach; a tall variety of coconut
2Proto-Philippine*baybáy—

via Cebuano on

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoon—
Every word from Proto-Philippine *baybáy →Every word from Cebuano baybay →