Where does “dakong tae” come from?

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

dakong tae (Cebuano): a person of high status, rank or title

Definitions

  1. a person of high status, rank or title

Ancestry of “dakong tae”, step by step

dakong tae traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano dako

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CebuanodakoAn adult, a grown up; A single one-centavo coin;...
2Tagalogdaktaogreat man

via Cebuano nga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CebuanongaExpressing substance, composition; Expressing...

via Cebuano tae

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanotae
Every word from Tagalog daktaoEvery word from Cebuano dako