golfo

Portuguese

noun

Definitions

gulf

Etymology

Inherited from Latin colfus derived from Ancient Greek κόλπος (bosom, gulf, bay, creek, hollow, any hollow space, womb).

Origin

Ancient Greek

κόλπος

Gloss

bosom, gulf, bay, creek, hollow, any hollow space, womb

Concept

Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

`Kanji`

江

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

colpo- English
colfos Latin
colfus Latin
colpus Latin
golfo Italian
golfo Spanish, Castilian
βαθύκολπος Ancient Greek
κόλπος Ancient Greek
*kʷelp- Proto-Indo-European
*gelbaną Proto-Germanic
golf Catalan, Valencian
κόλπος Greek (modern)
golfu Asturian