Where does “Pajarito” come from?
Pajarito (Tagalog) comes from Spanish Pajarito, from Spanish pájaro, from Old Spanish páxaro, from Vulgar Latin passarum, from Latin passer, from Proto-Indo-European peth₂- — to spread out; to fly.
Ancestry of “Pajarito”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | Pajarito | — |
| 2 | Spanish | pájaro | bird; homosexual; penis |
| 3 | Old Spanish | páxaro | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | passarum | genitive feminine plural of passus |
| 5 | Latin | passer | sparrow; turbot |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | peth₂- | to spread out; to fly |