Where does “vato” come from?
vato (Spanish) comes from Spanish chivato, from Spanish chivar, from Spanish gibar, from Spanish -ar, from Old Spanish -ar, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
vato (Spanish): Hispanic youth; guy; dude; boyfriend; significant...
Definitions
- Hispanic youth; guy; dude; boyfriend; significant...
Ancestry of “vato”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | chivato | A snitch; telltale; informer; stool pigeon; A... |
| 2 | Spanish | chivar | to annoy; to snitch, tattle, rat, egg, squeal |
| 3 | Spanish | gibar | to bug; pester; hack off |
| 4 | Spanish | -ar | In adjectives, indicating membership or status;... |
| 5 | Old Spanish | -ar | indicates membership or status |
| 6 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |