Where does “Sotto” come from?
Sotto (Tagalog) comes from Spanish Soto, from Latin saltus, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.
Ancestry of “Sotto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | Soto | — |
| 2 | Latin | saltus | A leap, jump; a leaping; A forest or mountain... |
| 3 | Latin | saliō | — |
| 4 | Latin | sāl | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sāls | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | — |