Where does “chicote” come from?

chicote (French) comes from French chicotte, from Portuguese Chicote, from French chicot, from French -ot, from Latin min- — cat.

chicote (French): Alternative form of chicotte

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of chicotte

Ancestry of “chicote”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchicottewhip, chicotte
2PortugueseChicotewhip flexible instrument used to create cracking sounds or for striking
3Frenchchicotstump, stub
4French-otA diminutive indicator for certain words,...
5Latinmin-cat
Every word from Latin min- →Every word from French -ot →Every word from French chicot →