Where does “palaot” come from?

palaot (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog laot, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lahud, from Proto-Austronesian lahud — downstream.

palaot (Tagalog): to go to the high seas

Definitions

  1. to go to the high seas

Ancestry of “palaot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglaotsea
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlahuddownstream
3Proto-Austronesianlahuddownstream
Every word from Proto-Austronesian lahud →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lahud →Every word from Tagalog laot →