Etymograph

English

Pateros

Pateros comes from Spanish patero ‘duck hunter’, and goes back to Persian بَت.

  1. Persianc. 900–presentبَتbat‘duck’
  2. Arabicc. 500–presentبَطّ‘duck’
  3. Andalusian Arabicc. 800–1600بَّطّpaṭṭ
  4. Spanishc. 1500–presentpato‘duck’
  5. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentpatero‘duck hunter’
  6. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentPaterosplural of patero
  7. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Persianc. 900–presentبَتbat‘duck’
  2. Arabicc. 500–presentبَطّ‘duck’
  3. Andalusian Arabicc. 800–1600بَّطّpaṭṭ
  4. Spanishc. 1500–presentpato‘duck’
  5. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentpatero‘duck hunter’
  6. Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentPaterosplural of patero
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

name An independent municipality in Metro Manila, Philippines.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Persian بَت / Pateros