Where does “chilota” come from?

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

Ancestry of “chilota”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-otafeminine form of -ote
2Spanish-oteemphasizes size; emphasizes contempt for subject
3Catalan-otA suffix to form augmentatives; A suffix used to...
4Latin-ottusa kind of
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