Where does “kabayoon” come from?

kabayoon (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano kabayo, from Spanish caballo, from New Latin cavallus, from Latin caballus, from Proto-Celtic kaballos — horse.

kabayoon (Cebuano): horselike; having a long face and an extended jaw

Definitions

  1. horselike; having a long face and an extended jaw

Ancestry of “kabayoon”, step by step

kabayoon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano kabayo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanokabayoa horse; a knight; a wooden stool with a toothed...
2Spanishcaballohorse; knight; heroin
3New Latincavallushorse
4Latincaballushorse; nag; pack-horse, jade, hack
5Proto-Celtickaballoshorse

via Cebuano on

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoon—
Every word from Proto-Celtic kaballos →Every word from Latin caballus →Every word from New Latin cavallus →