Where does “cotorreta” come from?
cotorreta (Catalan) comes from Catalan cotorra, from Spanish cotorra, from Spanish cotorrera, from Spanish cotarrera, from Spanish cotarro, from Spanish coto, from Spanish codo, from Old Spanish cobdo — cattle.
Ancestry of “cotorreta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | cotorra | any of various species of small parrots or parakeets |
| 2 | Spanish | cotorra | small parrot |
| 3 | Spanish | cotorrera | female parrot |
| 4 | Spanish | cotarrera | a woman who spends a lot of time out of the house |
| 5 | Spanish | cotarro | a gathering (pejorative or festive) |
| 6 | Spanish | coto | preserve, wildlife preserve, land preserve;... |
| 7 | Spanish | codo | elbow; cubit; selfish, avaricious, stingy |
| 8 | Old Spanish | cobdo | elbow |
| 9 | Latin | cubitus | reclined, lying down, having been reclined; a... |
| 10 | Latin | cubitum | elbow; cubit; accusative supine of cubō |
| 11 | Latin | cubō | to lie down, recline |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kubāō | to lie down |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱewb- | briar, thorn |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱew- | skin, colour of the skin; to shine; bright; to... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷṓws | cattle |