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Where does “sottus” come from?

sottus (Medieval Latin) comes from Aramaic s(h)ote — fool.

sottus (Medieval Latin): foolish

Definitions

  1. foolish

Ancestry of “sottus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aramaics(h)otefool

Words derived from “sottus”

  • souterrain
  • sousveillance
  • sottisier
  • assot
  • sous vide
  • under erasure
  • soucoupe
  • sot
  • sottise
  • souterrain
  • sous
  • souterrainement
  • sousveillance
  • soupape
  • sottisier
  • Souterrain
  • zothuis
  • zot
  • souterrain
  • souterränghus
  • assoten
  • asoten
  • supap
  • subteran
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