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noun, plural -toes, -tos.
1.
a cave or cavern.
2.
an artificial cavernlike recess or structure.
Origin:
1610–20; < Italian grotta < Vulgar Latin *crupta, for Latin crypta subterranean passage, chamber. See crypt
1610–20; < Italian grotta < Vulgar Latin *crupta, for Latin crypta subterranean passage, chamber. See crypt
Related forms
grot·toed, adjective
grot·to·like, adjective
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Grottoes
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Word Origin & History
grotto
1617, from It. grotta, ult. from L. crypta "vault, cavern," from Gk. krypte "hidden place" (see crypt). Terminal -o may be from its being spelled that way in many translations of Dante's "Divine Comedy."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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