Etymology

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Today it means: A traditional Portuguese unit of length, usually about equal to 0.6 meters and approximating the length of a forearm and hand. Full definition →

Portuguese côvado ← Old Galician-Portuguese côbedo ← Latin cubitum
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcubitum“cubit”
  2. Old Galician-Portuguese · derived fromcôbedo
  3. Portuguese · borrowed fromcôvado
  4. English todaycovado

From Portuguese côvado, from Old Galician-Portuguese côbedo, from Latin cubitum (“cubit”). Doublet of cubit and codo.

Words from the same roots

Portuguesecôvado all →

covid

Latincubitum all →

cotocubit

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