parricus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

First attested in the Lex Ripuaria.[1] Either borrowed from Frankish *parrik or vice-versa. If a native formation, it would presumably represent the nominalization of an adjective formed from *parra (pole, post) +‎ -icus, hence "made of posts".

Noun

parricus m (genitive parricī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. fence
  2. game park, cattle reserve
  3. fenced-in enclosure

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative parricus parricī
genitive parricī parricōrum
dative parricō parricīs
accusative parricum parricōs
ablative parricō parricīs
vocative parrice parricī

Derived terms

  • parcarius

Descendants

  • Direct reflexes:
    • North Italian:
      • Lombard: parec, parac
      • Piedmontese: parc
    • Gallo-Romance:
      • Old Catalan: pargue, parregue, *parrec, parc
        • Catalan: pàrrec, parc
      • Franco-Provençal: parco
      • Old French: parc (see there for further descendants)
      • Occitan: pargue, parrec, parc
  • Reflexes of a variant *barricus:
    • North Italian:
    • Gallo-Romance:
      • Occitan: bargue
        Gascon: barrac

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “parrĭcus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 7: N–Pas, page 667