Where does “pagkaon” come from?

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

pagkaon (Cebuano): food

Definitions

  1. food

Ancestry of “pagkaon”, step by step

pagkaon 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 pag

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