cayo · noun1
- Taíno · derived fromcayo“small island”
- Spanish · borrowed fromcayo
- English todaycayo
Borrowed from Spanish cayo, from Taíno cayo (“small island”). Doublet of key.
Cayo · proper noun, proper noun2
From the Spanish surname, Spanish equivalent of Gaetano. Also compare cayo (“cay”).
Words from the same roots
Spanishcayo all →
keycaykey lime
Taínocayo all →
key
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.