Where does “maot” come from?

maot (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano daot, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zaqet.

maot (Cebuano): ugly

Definitions

  1. ugly

Ancestry of “maot”, step by step

maot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano daot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanodaotthin; slim; not meaty
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzaqet—

via Cebuano ma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoma—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zaqet →Every word from Cebuano daot →