Where does “tatá” come from?

tatá (Portuguese) comes from Latin tata, from Proto-Indo-European tatás.

tatá (Portuguese): daddy, papa

Definitions

  1. daddy, papa

Ancestry of “tatá”, step by step

tatá traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin tata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintatadad, daddy, a term used by children for their...
2Proto-Indo-Europeantatás

via English ta-ta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishta-taGoodbye
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tatásEvery word from Latin tata