irto

Betekenis (Engels)

1. stiff
2. fragile

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈiɾto̝/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Portugees: hirto

Verwante met Spaans: yerto

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese yrto, from Vulgar Latin *erctus, vernacular variant of Classical Latin ērēctus, therefore a doublet of ereto.
Despite the resemblance, unlikely to derive from Latin hirtus (“shaggy”). Compare Portuguese hirto, Spanish yerto.