tío
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- uncle the brother of either parent
- (colloquial) unknown or any male person, dude, guy
- (colloquial) friend, mate, pal, man, bro
- mister title conferred on an adult male
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish tio inherited from Latin thius derived from Ancient Greek θεῖος (divine, uncle).
Origin
Ancient Greek
θεῖος
Gloss
divine, uncle
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- thius Latin
- thīus Latin
- tius Latin
- zio Italian
- tito Spanish, Castilian
- θειάζω Ancient Greek
- θεός Ancient Greek
- θεῖος Ancient Greek
- *dʰeh₁(y)- Proto-Indo-European
- tio Portuguese
- tio-avô Portuguese
- tio Catalan, Valencian
- θείος Greek (modern)
- tiyo Cebuano
- tito Tagalog
- tio Old Portuguese
- tíu Asturian
- tio Old Spanish
- ziu Sicilian
- tio Papiamentu
- tiu Kabuverdianu
- tiyo Bikol Central
- tziu Sardinian
- *tʰḗhyos Proto-Hellenic