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Latin
Etymology
Possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *-bʰolḱ-os (“supporter”) from the root *bʰelḱ-, whence also Latin fulciō (“to support”). Traditionally connected with Ancient Greek φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”), though this is phonologically unconvincing.[1]
Suffix
-bulcus m (genitive -bulcī); second declension
- -herd
- sūs (“swine”) + -bulcus → subulcus (“swineherd”)
- bōs (“ox”) + -bulcus → bubulcus (“ox-driver”)
Derived terms
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “-bulcus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 77