ate

Etymology 1

verb

1. simple past of eat
2. (colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of eat
   I have a very good appetite, have ate some excellent melons, and they have served me up some quails, the fattest and tenderest I have ever ate. 1805, Maximilien de Béthune duc de Sully, Memoirs of Maximillian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, Prime Minister of Henry the Great[…], volume IV, page 171
   “Haven't ate all the eggs, I hope? For I be hungry as a hunter[…] 1929, Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, Nicky-Nan, Reservist, page 27
   So I'd have ate when me Dad had ate, sort of thing, I think, you know when he come home from work, I'd have waited for him, I wouldn't have said I wanted mine at four o'clock[…] 11 January 2013 [1997], David Bell, Gill Valentine, Consuming Geographies: We Are Where We Eat, Routledge, page 140

Etymology 2

From Tagalog ate (“elder sister”), from Hokkien 阿姊 (á-ché, “eldest sister”).

noun

1. (Philippines) An elder sister
2. (Philippines) A respectful title or form of address for an older woman.