Where does “kaon” come from?

kaon (Hiligaynon) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kaən, from Proto-Austronesian kaən — to eat.

kaon (Hiligaynon): eat

Definitions

  1. eat

Ancestry of “kaon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankaənto eat
2Proto-Austronesiankaənto eat
Every word from Proto-Austronesian kaən →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kaən →