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Spanish
Etymology
Perhaps from the base *aut, imitative of its call, + -illo. Or, from Vulgar Latin *ōtellus, a diminutive of Ancient Greek ὠτός (ōtós), genitive of οὖς (oûs, “ear”), referring to its ears.
Noun
autillo m (plural autillos)
- screech owl, scops owl
Derived terms
Further reading
- “autillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, p. 190