grotto
English
/ˈɡɹɒt.əʊ/, /ˈɡɹɑ.toʊ/
noun
Definitions
- A small cave.
- An artificial cavern-like retreat.
- A Marian shrine, usually built in a cavern-like structure.
- A local organization of cavers that typically organizes trips to caves and provides information and training for caving; a caving club.
- (Satanism) A secretive name for a local group of underground Satanists.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian grotta (cave) derived from Latin grupta, crypta (vault).
Origin
Latin
crypta
Gloss
vault
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- crypt English
- encrypt English
- grotesque English
- grotesquely English
- grotesqueness English
- grotesquery English
- grottoed English
- grottolike English
- grottowork English
- work English
- *grupta Latin
- crypta Latin
- grupta Latin
- Kruft German
- cripta Italian
- grotta Italian
- grotticella Italian
- crypte Dutch, Flemish
- grot Dutch, Flemish
- krocht Dutch, Flemish
- crypte French
- grotte French
- cripta Spanish, Castilian
- κρυπτή Ancient Greek
- κρυπτός Ancient Greek
- κρύπτη Ancient Greek
- grotte Norwegian Bokmål
- cripta Portuguese
- grota Polish
- krypta Polish
- grotte Norwegian Nynorsk
- grotte Danish
- cripta Catalan, Valencian
- cripta Galician
- groto Galician
- gruft Old High German
- grotesque Middle French