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Where does “-ota” come from?

-ota (Spanish) comes from Spanish -ote, from Catalan -ot, from Latin -ottus — a kind of.

-ota (Spanish): feminine form of -ote

Definitions

  1. feminine form of -ote

Ancestry of “-ota”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-oteemphasizes size; emphasizes contempt for subject
2Catalan-otA suffix to form augmentatives; A suffix used to...
3Latin-ottusa kind of

Words derived from “-ota”

  • gaviota
  • cabezota
  • vergota
  • palabrota
  • orejota
  • bocota
  • epirota
  • gavinot
  • palabrota
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