Where does “mocho” come from?

mocho (Portuguese) comes from Spanish mocho, from Latin mutilus, from Latin mutulus — projecting shelf, bracket; slab under corona of...

mocho (Portuguese): owl, little owl; lacking one of the horns;...

Definitions

  1. owl, little owl; lacking one of the horns;...

Ancestry of “mocho”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmochomutilated, incomplete; hornless; having a...
2Latinmutilusmutilated
3Latinmutulusprojecting shelf, bracket; slab under corona of...

Words derived from “mocho

Every word from Latin mutulusEvery word from Latin mutilusEvery word from Spanish mocho