Where does “bata” come from?

bata (Hiligaynon) comes from Spanish bata, from French ouate — cotton wool; first-person singular present...

bata (Hiligaynon): nightshirt, nightgown; child, baby, boy, girl;...

Definitions

  1. nightshirt, nightgown; child, baby, boy, girl;...

Ancestry of “bata”, step by step

bata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish bata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishbatadressing gown, robe; lab coat; smock
2Frenchouatecotton wool; first-person singular present...

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bataq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbataqchild
2Proto-Austronesianbataq—

Words derived from “bata”

Every word from French ouate →Every word from Spanish bata →