Unknown. Possibly of expressive origin (cf. cotrobăi). Unlikely to be from either Hungarian kötö (“bundled strongly”), Latin captorius, Latin *coactorium (“place where two objects come together”) or from Serbo-Croatian katarište (“flag lance”).
cotor n (plural cotoare)
singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | cotor | cotorul | cotoare | cotoarele | |
genitive-dative | cotor | cotorului | cotoare | cotoarelor | |
vocative | cotorule | cotoarelor |
Borrowed from Romani kotor (“piece”), possibly borrowed from the same Romanian cotor.
cotor n (uncountable)
singular only | indefinite | definite |
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nominative-accusative | cotor | cotorul |
genitive-dative | cotor | cotorului |
vocative | cotorule |