coruto

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Attested since the 12th century, in Latin charters. Probably from a substrate language; compare Proto-Celtic *kruttos (“round object”): Welsh crwth (“hump, hunch”). Compare Galician cruto and Asturian corollu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾutu/

Noun

coruto m (plural corutos)

  1. top of a conical structure, heap or mountain
  2. top or crown of the head
  3. (by extension) top or highest point of any standing object or structure

References

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