Where does “panagat” come from?

panagat (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano dagat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daʀat — littoral sea.

panagat (Cebuano): commercial fishing; the business or industry of catching fish and other seafood for sale

Definitions

  1. commercial fishing; the business or industry of catching fish and other seafood for sale

Ancestry of “panagat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanodagatthe sea; the ocean; the beach; the coast; the...
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandaʀatlittoral sea
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daʀat →Every word from Cebuano dagat →
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