hirto

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. stiff, rigid
  2. erect
  3. still

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈiʁ.tu/
Etimologie (Engels)

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 Galician irto, Spanish yerto.

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