Where does “bakwit” come from?

bakwit (English) comes from Cebuano bakwit, from English evacuate, from Latin evacuatus, from Latin ēvacuō, from Latin ēx-, from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.

bakwit (English): An evacuee

Definitions

  1. An evacuee

Ancestry of “bakwit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanobakwitto evacuate; to flee; an evacuee
2EnglishevacuateTo leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire...
3Latinevacuatusemptied out; evacuated
4Latinēvacuōto empty out; to evacuate
5Latinēx-out, away
6Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European eǵ- →Every word from Latin ēx- →Every word from Latin ēvacuō →