outo

Significat (Anglès)

high, tall

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de llatí: altus

Cognat amb Old Spanish: oto

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese outo, only documented in place names, from Latin altus; replaced already during the Middle Ages by alto, probably a learned form. Cognate of Old Spanish oto which was also preserved in toponyms and in a few derived words as otear (“to watch from a high place”).