coto.
preserve, wildlife preserve, land preserve
Meaning & usage
preserve, wildlife preserve, land preserve
enclosed area of land
coto de caza
landmark
limit, boundary
howler monkey
mandate
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Latin cautus (“safe, secure”). Doublet of cauto. Compare Galician and Portuguese couto.
coto, half-palm (a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 10.4 cm)
Where this word comes from
Supposedly a variant of codo (“Spanish cubit”), via Old Spanish cobdo and other 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.
sculpin (fish)
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from New Latin cottus, from Ancient Greek κόττος (kóttos).
goitre
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Quechua koto (“mumps, goiter”).
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