Where does “carajote” come from?

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

carajote (Spanish): dimwit, slow

Definitions

  1. dimwit, slow

Ancestry of “carajote”, 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 “carajote”

Every word from Latin -ottus →Every word from Catalan -ot →Every word from Spanish -ote →