Where does “kabatoan” come from?

kabatoan (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano Bato, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batux — rock; stone.

kabatoan (Cebuano): a rocky area

Definitions

  1. a rocky area

Ancestry of “kabatoan”, step by step

kabatoan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano Bato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CebuanoBatostone; pebble, rock, or boulder
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbatustone
3Proto-Austronesian*batuxrock; stone

via Cebuano ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoka- -anindicates a place where such objects are found
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—

Words derived from “kabatoan”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *batux →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian batu →Every word from Cebuano Bato →