sótão

Meaning

attic

Concepts

loft

attic

garret

storehouse

studio apartment

warehouse

Attic

floor

mansard

Synonyms

mansarda

trapeira

sobrado

ático

loft

Translations

Dachboden

grenier

zolder

σοφίτα

desván

mansarde

buhardilla

golfes

Dachgeschoss

soffitta

ático

attico

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɔ.tɐ̃w̃/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: subtus

Cognate with Galician: soto

Cognate with Spanish: sótano

Cognate with Italian: sottano

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese sotoo, sotão, from Vulgar Latin *subtulum, from Latin subtus. Compare Galician soto (“ground floor; cellar”) and Spanish sótano (“cellar”). Less likely from a Vulgar Latin *subtanus (whence Italian sottano), itself also a derivative of subtus (“below”).