Cotta

cotta English Proper noun en barangay city:pref/Lucena p/Quezon c/Philippines. See also heading IV-A Lucena Latin Etymology la. Two possibilities include a variant of la cocta cooked, intending sunburnt or tanned, or a Latinization of ancient la grk-ita κόττος cockscomb, intending cowlicked. Pronunciation Cotta Proper noun Cotta<1> m A cognomen of the la gens gens Aurelia Aurelia la Gaius Aurelius Cotta Gaius Aurelius Cotta   Declension Cotta<1> References George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 109. la cognomina Old English Pronunciation Cotta Proper noun m ang male External links Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England – Cotta