Where does “batayo” come from?
batayo (Moore) comes from French bateau, from Italian battello, from Old French batel, from Old French -el, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
batayo (Moore): boat, ship
Definitions
- boat, ship
Ancestry of “batayo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | bateau | boat |
| 2 | Italian | battello | boat; dinghy |
| 3 | Old French | batel | boat |
| 4 | Old French | -el | Suffix that usually denotes a masculine noun |
| 5 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |