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ITALIAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

lato.

side

4 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈla.to/

  1. side

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Latin lātus (“side”, “flank”). Compare Spanish lado and Portuguese lado.

adj/ˈla.to/

  1. wide, broad

    literary · rare

  2. broad (of a meaning)

    figuratively · literary
    In senso lato.
Where this word comes from

From Latin lātus (“wide”, “broad”), from earlier stlātus, from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to stretch out, extend, spread”) or *stelh₃- (“broad”).

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