Where does “kadatoan” come from?

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

kadatoan (Cebuano): the royal family; the immediate family of a datu as opposed to the tumaw

Definitions

  1. the royal family; the immediate family of a datu as opposed to the tumaw

Ancestry of “kadatoan”, step by step

kadatoan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano dato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanodatowealthy; a wealthy person
2Cebuanodatua datu
3Proto-Philippine*datu—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandatuking

via Cebuano ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoka- -anindicates a place where such objects are found
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian datu →Every word from Proto-Philippine *datu →Every word from Cebuano datu →