Where does “cotorra” come from?
cotorra (Catalan) comes from Spanish cotorra, from Spanish cotorrera, from Spanish cotarrera, from Spanish cotarro, from Spanish coto, from Spanish codo, from Old Spanish cobdo, from Latin cubitus — cattle.
cotorra (Catalan): any of various species of small parrots or parakeets
Definitions
- any of various species of small parrots or parakeets
Ancestry of “cotorra”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | cotorra | small parrot |
| 2 | Spanish | cotorrera | female parrot |
| 3 | Spanish | cotarrera | a woman who spends a lot of time out of the house |
| 4 | Spanish | cotarro | a gathering (pejorative or festive) |
| 5 | Spanish | coto | preserve, wildlife preserve, land preserve;... |
| 6 | Spanish | codo | elbow; cubit; selfish, avaricious, stingy |
| 7 | Old Spanish | cobdo | elbow |
| 8 | Latin | cubitus | reclined, lying down, having been reclined; a... |
| 9 | Latin | cubitum | elbow; cubit; accusative supine of cubō |
| 10 | Latin | cubō | to lie down, recline |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kubāō | to lie down |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱewb- | briar, thorn |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱew- | skin, colour of the skin; to shine; bright; to... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷṓws | cattle |