Where does “pato” come from?

pato (Tok Pisin) comes from Portuguese Pato, from Old Portuguese pato — duck.

pato (Tok Pisin): duck

Definitions

  1. duck

Ancestry of “pato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortuguesePatoduck
2Old Portuguesepatoduck
Every word from Old Portuguese patoEvery word from Portuguese Pato