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hito.

milestone

4 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈito/[ˈi.t̪o]
  1. milestone

    masculine
    Este día ha sido un hito importante en nuestro proyecto.
  2. landmark

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Vulgar Latin fīctus, variant of Latin fīxus, perfect passive participle of fīgō. Doublet of fijo. Compare Catalan fita and Portuguese fito.

noun/ˈxito/[ˈxi.t̪o]/ˈito/[ˈi.t̪o]
  1. Traditional New Mexican Spanish variant of hijo.

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From the diminutive of hijo (hijito), with apheresis, from Old Spanish fijo, from Latin fīlius (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁y-li-os (“sucker”), a derivation from the verbal root *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck”). Spelled as hito, rather than the expected jito, due to confluence of English and Spanish in rural New Mexico and southern Colorado.

verb/ˈito/[ˈi.t̪o]
  1. first-person singular present indicative of hitar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Vulgar Latin fīctus, variant of Latin fīxus, perfect passive participle of fīgō. Doublet of fijo. Compare Catalan fita and Portuguese fito.

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