Where does “cipote” come from?

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

cipote (Spanish): silly, foolish

Definitions

  1. silly, foolish

Ancestry of “cipote”, 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 “cipote

Every word from Latin -ottusEvery word from Catalan -otEvery word from Spanish -ote
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