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poto.

beverage, drink

4 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpɔ.to/

  1. beverage, drink

    literary · masculine · obsolete

  2. the act of drinking

    literary · masculine · obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin pōtus, from Proto-Italic *pōtos, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₃tós (“(having been) drunk; having drunk”), derived from the root *peh₃- (“to drink”). Cognate with Greek ποτό (potó, “drink, beverage”).

verb/ˈpo.to/

  1. first-person singular present indicative of potare (“to prune”)

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

verb/ˈpɔ.to/

  1. first-person singular present indicative of potare (“to drink”)

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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