coto

Signification (English)

Noun

1. (masculine) stump (remaining part of an amputated limb or organ)
2. (broadly, masculine) stump (remaining part of an elongated object that has been chopped or mostly consumed)
3. (masculine) knot (joint of the fingers)

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of cotar

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈko.tu/

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from latin: cubitum

Cognate with galicien: cóbado

Cognate with espagnol: codo

Cognate with espagnol: coto

Cognate with catalan: colze

In summary

From Latin cubitum (“elbow”). Doublet of côvado and cúbito. Cognate with Galician cóbado, Spanish codo and possibly Spanish coto, Catalan colze and colzo.