sarculo

Latin

Etymology 1

From sarculum (hoe, noun) +‎ (verb-forming suffix). Attested from ca. 400 CE.[1]

Verb

sarculō (present infinitive sarculāre, perfect active sarculāvī, supine sarculātum); first conjugation (Late Latin)

  1. to hoe, weed
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: sãrcljari
  • Italo-Romance:
  • North Italian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: sasclar, aixarclar, xarcolar, xercolar
    • Franco-Provençal: sarcllar
    • French: sarcler
    • Occitan: sarclar, sauclar
  • Ibero-Romance:

Etymology 2

Noun

sarculō

  1. dative/ablative singular of sarculum

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sarcŭlare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 11: S–Si, page 226

Further reading

  • sarculo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sarculo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.