Where does “patican” come from?

patican (English) comes from Cebuano patikan, from Cebuano -an, from Proto-Philippine *-an, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -an, from Proto-Austronesian -an — Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...

patican (English): The Philippine fishtail palm

Definitions

  1. The Philippine fishtail palm

Ancestry of “patican”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanopatikantattooed; the Philippine fishtail palm
2Cebuano-anplace of
3Proto-Philippine*-anverbal suffix marking locative focus
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian-anVerbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...
5Proto-Austronesian-anVerbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...
Every word from Proto-Austronesian -an →Every word from Cebuano -an →Every word from Proto-Philippine *-an →