Grotto
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early 17th century: from Italian grotta, via Latin from Greek kruptē (see crypt).
wiktionary
From Italian grotta, from Vulgar Latin grupta, from Classical Latin crypta. Doublet of crypt.
etymonline
grotto (n.)
"picturesque cavern or cave," 1610s, from Italian grotta, earlier cropta, a corruption of Latin crypta "vault, cavern," from Greek krypte "hidden place" (see crypt). Terminal -o may be from its being spelled that way in many translations of Dante's "Divine Comedy."
