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Where does “gaviota” come from?

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

gaviota (Spanish): gull, seagull

Definitions

  1. gull, seagull

Ancestry of “gaviota”, 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

Words derived from “gaviota”

  • gavinot
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