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Where does “cerote” come from?

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

cerote (Spanish): a turd, excrement; asshole, a reprehensible...

Definitions

  1. a turd, excrement; asshole, a reprehensible...

Ancestry of “cerote”, 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
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