Where does “palayaw” come from?
palayaw (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog pa, from Tagalog papa, from English papa, from Portuguese papá, from French papa, from Middle French papa, from Old French papa, from Latin papa — to scrape, shave, sharpen.
palayaw (Tagalog): nickname
Definitions
- nickname
Ancestry of “palayaw”, step by step
palayaw traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog pa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | pa | (not) yet |
| 2 | Tagalog | papa | dad; daddy |
| 3 | English | papa | Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned... |
| 4 | Portuguese | papá | dad; daddy; father; food |
| 5 | French | papa | papa, a child's father; also as form of address:... |
| 6 | Middle French | papa | — |
| 7 | Old French | papa | — |
| 8 | Latin | papa | an infant's cry for food; father; bishop |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | παπᾶς | priest |
| 10 | Old Norse | súla | pillar, column |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | sūliz | beam, post; column, pillar |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsewl- | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsew- | to scrape, shave, sharpen |
via Tagalog layaw
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | layaw | freedom from parental control; pampering treatment by parents |