sótano
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From alteration of Old Spanish sótalo, from Vulgar Latin *subtulum, from Latin subtus.[1] Compare Portuguese sótão (“attic”). Less likely from a Vulgar Latin *subtanus (whence Italian sottano), itself also a derivative of subtus (“below”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sótano m (plural sótanos)
References
[edit]- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “sótano”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
[edit]- “sótano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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- Rhymes:Spanish/otano
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