Where does “Chicote” come from?

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

Chicote (Portuguese): whip flexible instrument used to create cracking sounds or for striking

Definitions

  1. whip flexible instrument used to create cracking sounds or for striking

Ancestry of “Chicote”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchicotstump, stub
2French-otA diminutive indicator for certain words,...
3Latinmin-cat

Words derived from “Chicote”

Every word from Latin min- →Every word from French -ot →Every word from French chicot →