Where does “datu” come from?

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

datu (Cebuano): a datu

Definitions

  1. a datu

Ancestry of “datu”, step by step

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

Words derived from “datu”

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