Where does “mag-uuma” come from?

mag-uuma (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano uma, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quma, from Proto-Austronesian *qumah — swidden.

mag-uuma (Cebuano): a farmer; a peasant

Definitions

  1. a farmer; a peasant

Ancestry of “mag-uuma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoumafarm; a piece of land where crops or animals are raised
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qumafarm
3Proto-Austronesian*qumahswidden
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *qumah →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quma →Every word from Cebuano uma →