Where does “makaon” come from?

makaon (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano kaon, from Proto-Austronesian kaən — to eat.

makaon (Cebuano): edible, eatable; food

Definitions

  1. edible, eatable; food

Ancestry of “makaon”, step by step

makaon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano kaon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanokaonto eat; to dine; to feed; to give food to eat;...
2Proto-Austronesiankaənto eat

via Cebuano ma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoma—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian kaən →Every word from Cebuano kaon →