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Possibly from a blend of layaw(“satisfaction of one's needs and desires”) + haya(“at ease; allow; tolerate”), according to Virgilio S. Almario (1992). However, historian Zeus A. Salazar (1999) argued that the word was a standalone word and was already part of the Tagalog vocabulary by mid-19th century despite not being included in Fr. Noceda and Sanlucar's Vocabulario de la lengua tagala. In addition, malaya(“free”) was listed as a surname in the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos which was first published 1849.
“laya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Almario, Virgilio S. (1992) Kung sino ang kumatha kina Bagongbanta, Ossorio, Herrera, Aquino de Belen, Balagtas, atbp: mga imbestigasyon sa panitikan ng kolonyalismo, Anvil Pub., →ISBN
Bagong kasaysayan: Ang Kartilya ni Emilio Jacinto at ang Diwang Pilipino sa agos ng kasaysayan, Palimbagang Kalawakan, 1999