Coto

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 10.4 cm. historical
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    Alternative form of Cocto (“extinct Chibchan language”). alt-of, alternative

Etymology

From Spanish coto (“half-span, quarter-cubit”), supposedly a variant of codo (“Spanish cubit”), from Vulgar Latin forms of Latin cubitum (“elbow, Roman cubit”), but more probably a development of or influenced by Latin quārtus (“a fourth”) from its use as a fourth of the cubit or Latin quattuor (“four”) from its approximation of the span across four fingers.

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