Where does “dato” come from?

dato (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano datu, from Proto-Philippine *datu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian datu — king.

dato (Cebuano): wealthy; a wealthy person

Definitions

  1. wealthy; a wealthy person

Ancestry of “dato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanodatua datu
2Proto-Philippine*datu—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandatuking

Words derived from “dato”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian datu →Every word from Proto-Philippine *datu →Every word from Cebuano datu →