yayo

Significado (Inglés)

grandpa, pops

Sinónimos

abuelo

abuelito

Traducciones

Großvater

grand-père

yayo

avô

nonno

iaio

Opa

granddad

iai

grandad

grandfather

grandpa

husband

🤵

gramps

Con guion como

ya‧yo

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈʝaʝo/

Etimología (Inglés)

Tomado de catalán: jajo

In summary

Unknown origin, perhaps from whimsical slang by youth. A prevailing theory, given the term's ultimate origin in Aragon and Catalan-speaking territories, is derivation from Catalan jajo (“grandpa”). It seems the first form generated was *jaja (“grandma”), from which the masculine form was derived. This would come from Catalan avia (“grandmother”) (from Latin avia), and from juvenile palatalization would generate something like *ai̯a. The common phenomenon of syllabic repetition in children's language (cf. papa, baba, etc.) would then cause the form jaja above, which would then be spread into Spanish and masculinized.
Otherwise, perhaps masculinized from Greek γιαγιά (giagiá, “grandmother”).