cojo

cojo

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkoxo/ [ˈko.xo]
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  • Rhymes: -oxo
  • Syllabification: co‧jo

Etymology 1

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *koḱs-
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂
Proto-Indo-European *kóḱseh₂
Proto-Italic *koksā
Latin coxa
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Italic *-os
Old Latin -os
Latin -us
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Latin coxus
Old Spanish coxo
Spanish cojo

    Inherited from Old Spanish coxo, from Latin coxus, perhaps from coxa (“hip”).[1]

    Cognate with Catalan coix and Portuguese coxo.

    Adjective

    cojo (feminine coja, masculine plural cojos, feminine plural cojas)

    1. lame, crippled
    2. (figuratively) lame, defective, shaky
    Derived terms

    Noun

    cojo m (plural cojos, feminine coja, feminine plural cojas)

    1. lame person, lame man
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

    cojo

    1. first-person singular present indicative of coger

    References

    1. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “coxo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 130

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