Cebuano basa

← Malay baca (borrowed)

← Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)basəq (inherited)

← Sanskrit वाचा (borrowed)

→ Cebuano basa-basa (mention)

→ Cebuano basa-basa (mention)

→ Cebuano himasa (affix)

→ Cebuano himasa (affix)

→ Cebuano basaha (suffix)

→ Cebuano magbabasa (affix)

→ Cebuano basahon (affix)

→ Cebuano basag baba (compound)

→ Cebuano bas-a (affix)

→ Cebuano basaa (affix)