tocayo

Meaning

namesake (person having the same name)

Concepts

namesake

doppelganger

namefellow

Synonyms

homónimo

tocaya

tuque

colombroño

homónima

gemelo malvado

sosias

Translations

Namensvetter

homonyme

omonimo

συνονόματος

xará

adaş

Namensbruder

naamgenoot

homònim

ομώνυμος

tocaio

Namensschwester

homónimo

Hyphenated as

to‧ca‧yo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/toˈkaʝo/

Etymology

Cognate with 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”).