Where does “utanon” come from?

utanon (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano utan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qutan, from Proto-Austronesian quCaN — scrubland; bush.

utanon (Cebuano): vegetable

Definitions

  1. vegetable

Ancestry of “utanon”, step by step

utanon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano utan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoutanvegetable
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqutanscrubland; bush
3Proto-AustronesianquCaNscrubland; bush

via Cebuano on

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoon—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian quCaN →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qutan →Every word from Cebuano utan →
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