Where does “bobotante” come from?

bobotante (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog botante, from Spanish votante, from Spanish -ante, from Latin -āns, from Latin -ns, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön — sound, voice.

bobotante (Tagalog): stupid voter

Definitions

  1. stupid voter

Ancestry of “bobotante”, step by step

bobotante traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog botante

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbotantevoter
2Spanishvotantevoting; voter
3Spanish-anteForms adjectives from verbs
4Latin-ānsEnding of the present active participle of first conjugation verbs; see -ns
5Latin-ns-ing; ending of the present active participle
6Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
7Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
8Hungarianönyou
9Hungarianön-self-
10Turkishönfront
11Ottoman Turkishاوكvoice (of human or animal); sound
12Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice

via Tagalog bobo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbobofool; idiot; simpleton; stupid; idiotic
2Spanishbobostupid, silly, naive; A stupid or naive person; a...
3Latinbalbusstammering, stuttering; lisping; fumbling
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-
Every word from Proto-Turkic ǖnEvery word from Spanish -anteEvery word from Hungarian ön-