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ROMANIAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

cot.

elbow

3 characters1 syllables approx.Română language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. elbow

    neuter
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin cubitum, probably through a later Vulgar Latin contracted form *cubtu, perhaps becoming *cout in earlier Romanian. Compare Aromanian cot, Spanish codo; cf. also Albanian kut. Doublet of the neological borrowing cubitus.

noun

  1. old unit of length, approx. 2 feet

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin cubitum, probably through a later Vulgar Latin contracted form *cubtu, perhaps becoming *cout in earlier Romanian. Compare Aromanian cot, Spanish codo; cf. also Albanian kut. Doublet of the neological borrowing cubitus.

noun

  1. corner

    neuter

  2. a bend of a river

    neuter
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin cubitum, probably through a later Vulgar Latin contracted form *cubtu, perhaps becoming *cout in earlier Romanian. Compare Aromanian cot, Spanish codo; cf. also Albanian kut. Doublet of the neological borrowing cubitus.

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