Where does “ubat” come from?

ubat (Iban) comes from Proto-Malayic ubat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ubat — powder.

ubat (Iban): medicine

Definitions

  1. medicine

Ancestry of “ubat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicubatmedicine, drug
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianubatpowder
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ubat →Every word from Proto-Malayic ubat →