Where does “orejota” come from?
orejota (Spanish) comes from Spanish -ota, from Spanish -ote, from Catalan -ot, from Latin -ottus — a kind of.
orejota (Spanish): Augmentative of oreja
Ancestry of “orejota”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | -ota | feminine form of -ote |
| 2 | Spanish | -ote | emphasizes size; emphasizes contempt for subject |
| 3 | Catalan | -ot | A suffix to form augmentatives; A suffix used to... |
| 4 | Latin | -ottus | a kind of |