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Where does “Corinto” come from?

Corinto (Spanish) comes from Latin Corinthus, from Ancient Greek Κόρινθος, from Undetermined kar — point, peak; stone, hard.

Ancestry of “Corinto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinCorinthus—
2Ancient GreekΚόρινθος—
3Undeterminedkarpoint, peak; stone, hard
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