Where does “magtrato” come from?
magtrato (Bikol Central) comes from Bikol Central trato, from Spanish trato, from Spanish tratar, from Latin tractāre, from Latin tractō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
Ancestry of “magtrato”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bikol Central | trato | — |
| 2 | Spanish | trato | deal, bargain, agreement; treatment; behaviour |
| 3 | Spanish | tratar | to treat; to address, to refer to as; to deal... |
| 4 | Latin | tractāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | tractō | to tug, drag or haul |
| 6 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 7 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |