Where does “tata” come from?

tata (French) comes from French tante, from Middle French tante, from Middle French ante, from Old French ante, from Latin amita, from Proto-Indo-European amma- — mother.

tata (French): auntie; imbecile, idiot, bastard, wanker,...

Definitions

  1. auntie; imbecile, idiot, bastard, wanker,...

Ancestry of “tata”, step by step

tata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French tante

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtanteaunt
2Middle Frenchtante—
3Middle Frenchanteauntie; aunt
4Old Frenchantenominative singular of antain; aunt
5Latinamitapaternal aunt; father's sister
6Proto-Indo-Europeanamma-mother

via English tata,ta-ta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtata,ta-ta—

Words derived from “tata”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European amma- →Every word from Latin amita →Every word from Old French ante →