cojo

lame, crippled; lame, defective, shaky

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *koḱs- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *kóḱseh₂ Proto-Italic *koksā Latin coxa Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Old Latin -os Latin -us ? Latin coxus Old Spanish coxo Spanish cojo Inherited from Old Spanish coxo, from Latin coxus, perhaps from coxa (“hip”). Cognate with Catalan coix and Portuguese coxo.

lame person, lame man

Related: antes se coge al mentiroso que al cojo, cae más pronto un hablador que un cojo, más lento que un desfile de cojos

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *koḱs- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *kóḱseh₂ Proto-Italic *koksā Latin coxa Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Old Latin -os Latin -us ? Latin coxus Old Spanish coxo Spanish cojo Inherited from Old Spanish coxo, from Latin coxus, perhaps from coxa (“hip”). Cognate with Catalan coix and Portuguese coxo.