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
Ancestry of “bakwit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Cebuano | bakwit | to evacuate; to flee; an evacuee |
| 2 | English | evacuate | To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire... |
| 3 | Latin | evacuatus | emptied out; evacuated |
| 4 | Latin | ēvacuō | — |
| 5 | Latin | ēx- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | eǵ- | — |