Where does “dako” come from?

dako (Cebuano) comes from Tagalog daktao — great man.

dako (Cebuano): An adult, a grown up; A single one-centavo coin;...

Definitions

  1. An adult, a grown up; A single one-centavo coin;...

Ancestry of “dako”, step by step

dako traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog daktao

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogdaktaogreat man

via Proto-Philippine *dakəl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*dakəl

Words derived from “dako

Every word from Tagalog daktao
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