cotovelo
Portuguese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Ultimately from Latin cubitum (“elbow”) through Old Galician-Portuguese *covetelo, either from Latin cubitālis (via Mozarabic qubtal)[1] or alternatively from Latin cubitellum.[2] Cognate with Galician cotobelo. Cf. also the related coto and côvado.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -elu
- Hyphenation: co‧to‧ve‧lo
Noun edit
cotovelo m (plural cotovelos)
Descendants edit
- Spanish: cotobelo
References edit
- ^ “cotovelo” in iDicionário Aulete.
- ^ “cotovelo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
cotovelo