Where does “ubat” come from?

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

ubat (Tagalog): gunpowder

Definitions

  1. gunpowder

Ancestry of “ubat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayubatmedicine
2Proto-Malayicubatmedicine, drug
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianubatpowder
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ubat →Every word from Proto-Malayic ubat →Every word from Malay ubat →