Where does “-ote” come from?
-ote (Spanish) comes from Catalan -ot, from Latin -ottus — a kind of.
-ote (Spanish): emphasizes size; emphasizes contempt for subject
Definitions
- emphasizes size; emphasizes contempt for subject
Ancestry of “-ote”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Catalan | -ot | A suffix to form augmentatives; A suffix used to... |
| 2 | Latin | -ottus | a kind of |
Words derived from “-ote”