Where does “walay grado” come from?

walay grado (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano wala, from Austronesian *wada, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wada — to be.

walay grado (Cebuano): uneducated; unschooled

Definitions

  1. uneducated; unschooled

Ancestry of “walay grado”, step by step

walay grado traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano wala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanowalaindicates the nonexistence or absence of something; there is none, no one, nothing
2Austronesian*wada—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwadato be

via Cebuano grado

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanogrado—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wada →Every word from Austronesian *wada →Every word from Cebuano wala →