Where does “Cabatuan” come from?

Cabatuan (Tagalog) comes from Cebuano Cabatuan, from Cebuano kabatoan, from Cebuano Bato, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batux — rock; stone.

Ancestry of “Cabatuan”, step by step

Cabatuan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano Cabatuan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CebuanoCabatuanmost concentrated in Cebu and Northern Mindanao
2Cebuanokabatoana rocky area
3CebuanoBatostone; pebble, rock, or boulder
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbatustone
5Proto-Austronesian*batuxrock; stone

via Hiligaynon kabatoan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hiligaynonkabatoan
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *batuxEvery word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian batuEvery word from Cebuano Bato