Where does “batik” come from?

batik (Tagalog) comes from Javanese bathik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bətik, from Proto-Austronesian *bəCik — tattoo.

batik (Tagalog): spot; blemish; stain

Definitions

  1. spot; blemish; stain

Ancestry of “batik”, step by step

batik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Javanese bathik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Javanesebathika texture-picture drawing on a textile material...
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*bətiktattoo
3Proto-Austronesian*bəCiktattoo

via Proto-Philippine *batik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*batik—

Words derived from “batik”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *bəCik →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bətik →Every word from Javanese bathik →