Where does “kamaisan” come from?

kamaisan (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano mais, from Spanish maíz, from Taíno mahís, from Proto-Arawakan marikɨ.

kamaisan (Cebuano): a field of corn; a cornfield

Definitions

  1. a field of corn; a cornfield

Ancestry of “kamaisan”, step by step

kamaisan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano mais

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanomaismaize; a grain crop of the species "Zea mays";...
2Spanishmaízcorn, maize
3Taínomahís—
4Proto-Arawakanmarikɨ—

via Cebuano ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoka- -anindicates a place where such objects are found
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—
Every word from Proto-Arawakan marikɨ →Every word from Taíno mahís →Every word from Spanish maíz →