alto
Spanish
adj
Definitions
- tall
- high
- loud
- upper, top
- senior rank
Etymology
Derived from Latin altus (high, raised, profound, deep, lofty, tall, grown big, deep-rooted).
Origin
Latin
altus
Gloss
high, raised, profound, deep, lofty, tall, grown big, deep-rooted
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
深
Emoji
🚠
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Alto English
- alt English
- altimeter English
- altiplano English
- altiscope English
- altisonant English
- altometer English
- altophobia English
- *altiāre Latin
- *altiāre, *altio Latin
- *altiō Latin
- *inaltiō Latin
- alte Latin
- altio Latin
- altispinosus Latin
- altispinus Latin
- altissimus Latin
- altithorax Latin
- altitia Latin
- altitudo Latin
- altiāre Latin
- alto Latin
- altus Latin
- altāre Latin
- altītia Latin
- exalto Latin
- praealtus Latin
- Alt German
- altana Italian
- altero Italian
- altezza Italian
- alto Italian
- altamente Spanish, Castilian
- altear Spanish, Castilian
- alteza Spanish, Castilian
- alteño Spanish, Castilian
- altibajo Spanish, Castilian
- altillo Spanish, Castilian
- altiplanicie Spanish, Castilian
- altiplano Spanish, Castilian
- altiplánico Spanish, Castilian
- altisonancia Spanish, Castilian
- altisonante Spanish, Castilian
- altivamente Spanish, Castilian
- altivez Spanish, Castilian
- altivo Spanish, Castilian
- altoandino Spanish, Castilian
- altoaragonés Spanish, Castilian
- altoextremeño Spanish, Castilian
- altorrelieve Spanish, Castilian
- altura Spanish, Castilian
- altísimamente Spanish, Castilian
- altísimo Spanish, Castilian
- andino Spanish, Castilian
- aragonés Spanish, Castilian
- bajo Spanish, Castilian
- enaltecer Spanish, Castilian
- extremeño Spanish, Castilian
- otero Spanish, Castilian
- planicie Spanish, Castilian
- plano Spanish, Castilian
- relieve Spanish, Castilian
- sonante Spanish, Castilian
- *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eltós Proto-Indo-European
- *kewk- Proto-Indo-European
- alt Norwegian Bokmål
- altamente Portuguese
- altear Portuguese
- alteza Portuguese
- altivo Portuguese
- alto Portuguese
- altura Portuguese
- altíssimo Portuguese
- enaltecer Portuguese
- outeiro Portuguese
- planalto Portuguese
- haut Old French
- alta Esperanto
- alt Catalan, Valencian
- alto Galician
- altofalante Galician
- altura Galician
- outo Galician
- outón Galician
- înalt Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- alto Old Portuguese
- outeiro Old Portuguese
- outo Old Portuguese
- analtu Aromanian
- aut Occitan
- naut Occitan
- ault Romansh
- aut Romansh
- ot Romansh
- òlt Romansh
- altu Asturian
- peraltu Asturian
- alt Friulian
- *hauh Frankish
- otero Old Spanish
- oto Old Spanish
- âto Ligurian
- alto Ladino
- aut Ladin
- artu Sardinian
- auto Neapolitan
- artu Extremaduran