# coto
## English
### 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.

### Noun

coto (plural cotos)
* (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 10.4 cm.

#### Coordinate terms

* linea ($^1$⁄$_{54}$ coto), dedo ($^1$⁄$_6$ coto), pulgada ($^2$⁄$_9$ coto), sesma (1+$^1$⁄$_3$ cotos), palmo (2 cotos), pie (2+$^2$⁄$_3$ cotos), codo (4 cotos), vara (8 cotos)

### Anagrams

* toco-, octo-, toco, coot

## Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cotón.

### Noun

coto
* shirt.

## Galician
### Etymology 1

From a substrate term *cŏtto-, probably from Proto-Celtic *kotto-, meaning "old" and hence either "grown" or "bent". Cognate with Asturian cueto.

#### Alternative forms

* cotro

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔto̝/, /ˈkoto̝/

#### Noun

coto m (plural cotos)
* peak (the top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range)
    Synonyms: bico, outeiro, penedo, pico

##### Derived terms

* cotarelo
* Cotarelo
* Cotáro
* cotarro
* Cotarrón
* coteiro
* Cotelo
* Cotiño
* Coto
* cotón
* Cotón
* Cotorredondo
* cotorro
* Cotos
* Cotote

### Etymology 2

Unknown. Compare toco.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkoto̝/, /ˈkɔto̝/

#### Noun

coto m (plural cotos, feminine cota, feminine plural cotas)
* stump (of a tree or plant)
    Synonyms: cepo, cotón, couce, cozo, toco, trocho
* stump (of an extremity)
    Synonym: toco

##### Derived terms

* cotelo
* coteno

#### Adjective

coto (feminine cota, masculine plural cotos, feminine plural cotas)
* maimed; mutilated
    Synonyms: fanado, mutilado

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “coto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “coto (cast. cueto)”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “coto (toco)”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “coto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ García Trabazo, José Virgilio (2016) “Prelatin Toponymy of Asturies: a critical review in a historical-comparative perspective”, in Lletres Asturianes‎, number 115, retrieved 14 June 2018, pages 51-71.
* ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 218-219.
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “cueto”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔ.to/
* Rhymes: -ɔto
* Hyphenation: cò‧to

### Etymology 1

Deverbal of cotare, a Florentine variant of coitare (“to think”), from Classical Latin cōgitāre (“to think; to ponder”).

#### Noun

coto m (plural coti)
* (obsolete) thought, opinion
    Synonyms: pensiero, giudizio
** 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXXI”, in Inferno [Hell]‎, lines 76–78; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:[…] "Elli stessi s’accusa; questi è Nembrotto per lo cui mal coto pur un linguaggio nel mondo non s’usa.["]"He accuses himself; this is Nimrod, because of whose evil thought only one language is not used in the world."

##### Related terms

* cogitare
* coitare

#### Further reading

* coto$^1$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish coto, of Tupian origin.

#### Noun

coto m (plural coti)
* the plant Aniba coto

#### Further reading

* coto$^2$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
* ↑ “coto”, in Enciclopedia Dantesca‎ (in Italian), 1970

## Mecayapan Nahuatl
### Etymology

Borrowed from Highland Popoluca cut́u.

### Adjective

coto
* having a cleft lip

### Noun

coto
* a person with a cleft lip

### References

* Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz‎ (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 29

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

From Latin cubitum (“elbow”). Doublet of côvado and cúbito. Cognate with Galician cóbado, Spanish codo and possibly Spanish coto, Catalan colze and colzo.

#### Alternative forms

* côto (obsolete)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈko.tu/

#### Noun

coto m (plural cotos)
* stump (remaining part of an amputated limb or organ)
    Synonym: cotoco
* (by extension) stump (remaining part of an elongated object that has been chopped or mostly consumed)
* knot (joint of the fingers)
    Synonym: nó

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔ.tu/

#### Verb

coto
* first-person singular present indicative of cotar

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkoto/ [ˈko.t̪o]
* Audio (Spain):(file)
* Rhymes: -oto
* Syllabification: co‧to

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin cautus (“safe, secure”). Doublet of cauto. Compare Galician and Portuguese couto.

#### Noun

coto m (plural cotos)
* preserve, wildlife preserve, land preserve
    Synonym: reserva
* enclosed area of land
    coto de caza ― hunting ground
* landmark
* limit, boundary
* howler monkey
    Synonyms: cotomono, araguato, carayá, mono aullador
* (obsolete) mandate

##### Derived terms

* acotar
* poner coto

##### Related terms

* cautela
* cauteloso
* cauto
* incautar

### Etymology 2

Supposedly a variant of codo (“Spanish cubit”), via Old Spanish cobdo and other 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.

#### Noun

coto m (plural cotos)
* (historical) coto, half-palm (a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 10.4 cm)

##### Hyponyms

* coto toledano

##### Coordinate terms

* línea ($^1$⁄$_{54}$ coto), dedo ($^1$⁄$_6$ coto), pulgada ($^2$⁄$_9$ coto), sesma (1+$^1$⁄$_3$ cotos), palmo (2 cotos), pie (2+$^2$⁄$_3$ cotos), codo (4 cotos), vara (8 cotos)

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from New Latin cottus, from Ancient Greek κόττος (kóttos).

#### Noun

coto m (plural cotos)
* sculpin (fish)

### Etymology 4

Borrowed from Quechua koto (“mumps, goiter”).

#### Noun

coto m (plural cotos)
* (Latin America) goitre
    Synonym: bocio

### Further reading

* “coto”, 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