Where does “Pateros” come from?
Pateros (Tagalog) comes from Spanish Pateros, from Spanish patero, from Spanish pato, from Arabic بط, from Arabic بَطّ, from Persian بت, from Middle Persian bwt', from Bactrian Βοδδο — to be awake, be aware.
Ancestry of “Pateros”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | Pateros | — |
| 2 | Spanish | patero | duck hunter |
| 3 | Spanish | pato | duck, drake; homosexual, faggot |
| 4 | Arabic | بط | duck; to slit, to rive; verbal noun of بَطَّ |
| 5 | Arabic | بَطّ | duck |
| 6 | Persian | بت | duck; idol; Buddha |
| 7 | Middle Persian | bwt' | Buddha; idol |
| 8 | Bactrian | Βοδδο | Buddha |
| 9 | Sanskrit | बुद्ध | awake; enlightened, conscious, intelligent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | buddʰás | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | bʰudᶻdʰás | aware, awake |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰtós | aware |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewdʰ- | to be awake, be aware |