sótano

cellar; basement; pit

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Proto-Indo-European *-tosder. Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin subtus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Vulgar Latin *subtulus Old Spanish sotalo Spanish sótano From alteration of Old Spanish sotalo, from Vulgar Latin *subtulus, diminutive of Latin subtus (“below”). Compare Portuguese sótão (“attic”). Less likely from a Vulgar Latin *subtānus (whence Italian sottano), itself