1825–35, Americanism;<American Spanish; Spanish: hill, backbone, neck of an animal <Latin cirrus curl, tuft (with shift: curly hair > hair on an animal's neck > neck or spine > hill)
Words nearby cerro
cerotype, cerous, cerrado, Cerredo, Cerritos, cerro, Cerro de Pasco, Cerro de Punta, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, cert.