Where does “ubat” come from?

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

ubat (Tausug): medicine

Definitions

  1. medicine

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 →
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