codo

See also: co do, cơ đồ, cố đô, and cờ đỏ

English

Etymology

From Spanish codo (“elbow, Spanish cubit”), from Old Spanish cobdo, from Latin cubitus, from cubitum (“elbow, Roman cubit”). Doublet of cubit and covado. Compare codo.

Noun

codo (plural codos)

  1. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 41.6 cm.

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish codo.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: co‧do

Noun

codo

  1. elbow

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cubitum.

Noun

codo m (plural codos)

  1. elbow

References

  • coude in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • côdo in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Portuguese

Verb

codo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of codar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkodo/ [ˈko.ð̞o]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -odo
  • Syllabification: co‧do

Etymology 1

Un codo ― An elbow
Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *kubāō
Latin cubō
Latin cubitusnom.
Latin cubitum
Old Spanish cobdo
Spanish codo

    Inherited from Old Spanish cobdo, from Latin cubitum (“elbow, cubit”), substantivized from the perfect passive participle of cubō (“to lie down”).[1]

    Doublet of cúbito (“ulna”), a later borrowed form. Cognate with Portuguese coto and côvado, Galician cóbado, Catalan colze and colzo, French coude, Romanian cot, and English cubit. Compare coto.

    Noun

    codo m (plural codos)

    1. elbow
      • 1591, Richard Percyuall, “Codo”, in Bibliotheca Hispanica. Containg a Grammar, with a Dictionaire in Spanish, English, and Latine […] (in Early Modern English), London: Iohn Iackson, page 99:
        Codo, an elbow, a cubite, Cubitus.
        Codo, an elbow, a cubit, Cubitus.
    2. cubit (an informal unit of length based on the distance of a forearm and hand)
    3. (historical) codo, Spanish cubit (a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 41.6 cm)
    Coordinate terms
    • (Spanish unit of length): dedo (1⁄24 codo), pulgada (1⁄18 codo), coto (1⁄4 codo), sesma (1⁄3 codo), palmo (1⁄2 codo), pie (2⁄3 codo), vara (2 codos)
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    From codicia or codicioso, influenced by codo (“elbow”), perhaps with an initially euphemistic intention.

    Adjective

    codo (feminine coda, masculine plural codos, feminine plural codas)

    1. (colloquial, Central America, Mexico, Panama) selfish, avaricious, stingy, cheap

    References

    1. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “codo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, page 2

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