Where does “perrote” come from?

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

perrote (Spanish): big dog

Definitions

  1. big dog

Ancestry of “perrote”, 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
Every word from Latin -ottus →Every word from Catalan -ot →Every word from Spanish -ote →