Where does “batota” come from?
batota (Hiligaynon) comes from Spanish batuta, from Italian battuta, from Italian battere, from Latin battere, from Latin battuere, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēdʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰedʰ- — to bend, to press; to stab, dig; to dig.
batota (Hiligaynon): baton; rule, sway
Ancestry of “batota”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | batuta | baton; rule, sway |
| 2 | Italian | battuta | witty remark, joke; hit, blow; mark left by a hit... |
| 3 | Italian | battere | to beat, patrol, batter, strike or hit; to... |
| 4 | Latin | battere | — |
| 5 | Latin | battuere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰēdʰ- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰedʰ- | to bend, to press; to stab, dig; to dig |