Where does “Despabiladeras” come from?
Despabiladeras (Tagalog) comes from Spanish despabiladeras, from Spanish despabilar, from Spanish pabilo, from Old Spanish pavilo, from Vulgar Latin *papīlum, from Latin papȳrus, from French -ine, from French -é.
Ancestry of “Despabiladeras”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | despabiladeras | candle snuffer |
| 2 | Spanish | despabilar | to snuff; to wake up, stir up, awaken; to kick... |
| 3 | Spanish | pabilo | candlewick |
| 4 | Old Spanish | pavilo | candlewick |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | *papīlum | — |
| 6 | Latin | papȳrus | papyrus plant |
| 7 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 8 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 9 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 10 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 11 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |