farcio

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *farkjō (to stuff), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥kʷ-yé-ti, probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrekʷ- (to stuff) and cognate with frequēns, Ancient Greek φράσσω (phrássō).

Pronunciation

Verb

farciō (present infinitive farcīre, perfect active farsī, supine fartum); fourth conjugation

  1. to cram, stuff

Conjugation

  • Perfect passive participles farctus, farcītus, farsus also appear.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Basque: hartzitu
  • Catalan: farcir
  • French: farcir
  • Italian: farcire
  • Vulgar Latin: *fartāre (frequentative)

References

  • farcio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • farcio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • farcio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 110
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 202