tocayo

Signification (Anglais)

namesake (person having the same name)

Concepts

homonyme

Synonymes

homónimo

tocaya

tuque

colombroño

homónima

gemelo malvado

sosias

Traductions

namesake

Namensvetter

omonimo

συνονόματος

xará

adaş

Namensbruder

naamgenoot

Namensschwester

ομώνυμος

homónimo

homònim

tocaio

Coupé comme

to‧ca‧yo

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/toˈkaʝo/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à latin: cōgnōmen

In summary

Unknown; first attested in 1739. Attributed by folk etymology to the Latin bridal formula "Ubi tū Gāius ego Gāia" (literally “where you are Gaius, I am Gaia”).
More likely a Mexican Spanish term from Classical Nahuatl tōcāyoh (“one who has a name, person of renown”), the possessive form of the noun tōcāitl (“name”), via its possessed form, as in notōcāyoh (“my name-haver, one having my name”); contrast with notōca (“my name”) and notōcāyō (“my fame”); compare synonymous colombroño, ultimately from Latin cōgnōmen (“surname, name”).