Where does “mate” come from?

mate (Kapampangan) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (m-)atay, from Proto-Austronesian aCay.

mate (Kapampangan): dead

Definitions

  1. dead

Ancestry of “mate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(m-)atayto die
2Proto-AustronesianaCay—

Words derived from “mate”

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