Where does “mantekado” come from?
mantekado (Tagalog) comes from Spanish mantecado, from Spanish -ado, from Old Spanish -ado, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.
mantekado (Tagalog): larded; buttered
Definitions
- larded; buttered
Ancestry of “mantekado”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | mantecado | a pastry made from lard and almonds and commonly eaten around Christmas time |
| 2 | Spanish | -ado | Suffix indicating the masculine singular past... |
| 3 | Old Spanish | -ado | forms the masculine singular past participle of regular |
| 4 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |