ático

/ˈatiko/ · B2 · adj

penthouse, loft, attic

🏠 ático = Attica's style roof room, the top floor under the eaves

Ático comes from Latin Atticus, meaning of Attica, the region around Athens. Architects used an Attic style of low decorative storey above a cornice, so the word came to mean the top-floor room or penthouse. English attic shares the same origin.

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