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Where does “ate” come from?

ate (Tagalog) comes from Hokkien 阿姊.

ate (Tagalog): a big sister: an elder sister, "especially" the...

Definitions

  1. a big sister: an elder sister, "especially" the...

Ancestry of “ate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hokkien阿姊—
Every word from Hokkien 阿姊 →