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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

  1. emphasizes size; emphasizes contempt for subject

Ancestry of “-ote”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalan-otA suffix to form augmentatives; A suffix used to...
2Latin-ottusa kind of

Words derived from “-ote”

  • gaviota
  • abarrote
  • abarrotería
  • cabezota
  • chicote
  • besote
  • angelote
  • abarrotar
  • barrote
  • caballote
  • epirota
  • abrazote
  • cerote
  • camarote
  • grandote
  • chavalote
  • vergota
  • cascote
  • palabrota
  • arbolote
  • pipote
  • cholotón
  • bocota
  • orejota
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