MEANING & HISTORY
What does Pedot mean?
Pedot is explicitly recorded for Pedro and Alfredo. The dictionary’s etymology specifies a Pedro-based familiar formation, while its sense also includes Alfredo.
Pedro is in the Greek rock-name family; Alfredo is in the Germanic elf-and-counsel family. Those roots remain separate. The entry’s ending analysis is irregular, so no additional literal meaning is reconstructed from the final t.
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Origin and name formation
Dictionary accounts by language
Cebuano
A diminutive of Pedro. From Pedro + -y.
a diminutive of the male given names Pedro and Alfredo
Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract; common glosses translated for Filipino.
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- Pedrito·Affectionate form of Pedro; stone in the older root
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