runco

See also: Runco

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *runkāō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃runk- (to dig out), a nasal-infixed form of *h₃rewk- (to dig out, till soil). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὀρύσσω (orússō, to dig), Sanskrit लुञ्चति (luñcati, to pluck).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

runcō (present infinitive runcāre, perfect active runcāvī, supine runcātum); first conjugation

  1. to weed, clear of weeds
  2. to weed out, thin out, root up

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

Numerous forms reflect prefixation with ad-.

  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: aruc
    • Megleno-Romanian: runc
    • Romanian: arunca
    • Albanian: rungoj
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: roncare
    • Sicilian: arrancari
  • Padanian:
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:

References

  • runco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "runco", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • runco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “runcō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 530