Where does “patal” come from?
patal (Bikol Central) comes from Spanish fatal, from Latin fatalis, from Latin fātum, from Latin fātus, from Latin for, from Proto-Italic fāōr, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéh₂ti — to speak, to be talking.
Ancestry of “patal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | fatal | fatal; terrible, very bad; very badly, terribly |
| 2 | Latin | fatalis | of fate, destined, predestined; fatal, deadly |
| 3 | Latin | fātum | destiny, fate, lot |
| 4 | Latin | fātus | spoken, said, told, foretold, related, predicted; having or had spoken, etc |
| 5 | Latin | for | "defective"; I speak, talk, say |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | fāōr | speak |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéh₂ti | to speak, to be talking |