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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 927 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PATIO , the See also:

SPANISH

Spanish name for an inner See also:

COURT
COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court or enclosed space in a See also:

house, which is open to the See also:

SKY (M. Eng. skie, cloud; O. Eng. skua, shade; connected with an Indo-European root sku, cover, whence " scum," Lat. obscurus, dark, &c.)

sky. The " patio " is a See also:

COMMON

common feature in houses in See also:

Spain and Spanish See also:

AMERICA

America. The word is generally referred to the See also:

LAT

Lat. patere, to See also:

lie open; cf. " patent," or to spatium, space.

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