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coto

coto noun: a traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 10.4 cm.

Noun

coto (plural cotos)

  1. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 10.4 cm.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Coto

Coto (plural Cotos)

  1. A surname.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Coto

Coto

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Cocto (“extinct Chibchan language”).

Forms of coto

Noun
pluralcotos
Proper noun
pluralCotos

Origin of coto

From Spanish coto (“half-span, quarter-cubit”), supposedly a variant of codo (“Spanish cubit”), from Vulgar Latin forms of Latin cubitum (“elbow, Roman cubit”), but more probably a development of or influenced by Latin quārtus (“a fourth”) from its use as a fourth of the cubit or Latin quattuor (“four”) from its approximation of the span across four fingers.

Phrases with coto

Questions about coto

What does coto mean?
Coto means a traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 10.4 cm.
What part of speech is coto?
Coto can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of coto?
The plural of coto is cotos.

Words near coto in the dictionary

  1. Cotners
  2. Cotney
  3. Cotneys
  4. Cotnoir
  5. Cotnoirs
  6. coto
  7. Coto de Caza
  8. Coton
  9. Coton de Tulear
  10. Coton de Tulears
  11. Coton Hill

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