Where does “bato” come from?

bato (Tagalog) comes from Proto-Philippine *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batux — rock; stone.

bato (Tagalog): stone; kidney; gallstone

Definitions

  1. stone; kidney; gallstone

Ancestry of “bato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*batustone substance; small piece of stone
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbatustone
3Proto-Austronesian*batuxrock; stone

Words derived from “bato”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *batux →