Where does “chicote” come from?

chicote (Spanish) comes from French chicot, from French -ot, from Latin min- — cat.

chicote (Spanish): robust young person; robust foot odor of a young...

Definitions

  1. robust young person; robust foot odor of a young...

Ancestry of “chicote”, step by step

chicote traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French chicot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchicotstump, stub
2French-otA diminutive indicator for certain words,...
3Latinmin-cat

via Spanish chico

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishchicosmall; boy; kid; white-nosed coati
2Yucatec Mayachiʼikwhite-nosed coati
3Proto-Mixe-Zoqueȼikuwhite-nosed coati

Words derived from “chicote”

Every word from Latin min- →Every word from French -ot →Every word from French chicot →