Where does “kalayo” come from?

kalayo (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano layo, from Proto-Philippine *adayuq.

kalayo (Cebuano): distance, remoteness; far, distant, remote;...

Definitions

  1. distance, remoteness; far, distant, remote;...

Ancestry of “kalayo”, step by step

kalayo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano layo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanolayodistant, far, remote
2Proto-Philippine*adayuq—

via Cebuano ka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoka—
Every word from Proto-Philippine *adayuq →Every word from Cebuano layo →