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
Ancestry of “-ota”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | -ote | emphasizes size; emphasizes contempt for subject |
| 2 | Catalan | -ot | A suffix to form augmentatives; A suffix used to... |
| 3 | Latin | -ottus | a kind of |
Words derived from “-ota”