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Where does “roto” come from?

roto (Maori) comes from Proto-Polynesian loto — the interior; lake.

roto (Maori): interior; lake

Definitions

  1. interior; lake

Ancestry of “roto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesianlotothe interior; lake
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