Where does “matay” come from?
matay (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog pumatay, from Tagalog um-, from Spanish andar, from Vulgar Latin and(i)tare, from Latin ambitare, from Latin adito, from Latin adeō, from Interlingua deo — to be bright; sky, heaven.
matay (Tagalog): to die
Ancestry of “matay”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | pumatay | to kill; complete aspect of pumatay |
| 2 | Tagalog | um- | "actor trigger": to do something; "no trigger":... |
| 3 | Spanish | andar | to walk, to go; to amble, to travel; to ride |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | and(i)tare | to go |
| 5 | Latin | ambitare | present active infinitive of *ambitō;... |
| 6 | Latin | adito | I go to or approach often; second-person singular... |
| 7 | Latin | adeō | — |
| 8 | Interlingua | deo | — |
| 9 | French | Dieu | God; to God |
| 10 | Middle French | Dieu | — |
| 11 | Old French | deü | Alternative form of deu |
| 12 | Latin | Deus | God |
| 13 | Latin | dẹ̄vos | — |
| 14 | Old Latin | deivos | god, deity |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | deiwos | god, deity |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | deywós | god |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |