Where does “atsoy” come from?

atsoy (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano mutsatso, from Spanish muchacho, from Spanish mocho, from Latin mutilus, from Latin mutulus — projecting shelf, bracket; slab under corona of...

atsoy (Cebuano): a houseboy

Definitions

  1. a houseboy

Ancestry of “atsoy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CebuanomutsatsoA male employed to run errands; an errand boy, a...
2Spanishmuchachoboy, servant
3Spanishmochomutilated, incomplete; hornless; having a...
4Latinmutilusmutilated
5Latinmutulusprojecting shelf, bracket; slab under corona of...
Every word from Latin mutulus →Every word from Latin mutilus →Every word from Spanish mocho →