hirto
Latin edit
Adjective edit
hī̆rtō
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese yrto, from Vulgar Latin *erctus, equivalent of Latin ērēctus. Despite the resemblance, unlikely to derive from Latin hirtus (“shaggy”).[1] Cf. Galician irto, Spanish yerto.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: hir‧to
Adjective edit
hirto (feminine hirta, masculine plural hirtos, feminine plural hirtas)
References edit
- ^ Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “erguir”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 656