brucus

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Latin

Etymology 1

From Gaulish *wroika, from Proto-Celtic *wroikos. Documented once in a late gloss. Parallel borrowing to Vulgar Latin *broccium~*verocium.

Noun

brūcus m (genitive brūcī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. heather
Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative brūcus brūcī
genitive brūcī brūcōrum
dative brūcō brūcīs
accusative brūcum brūcōs
ablative brūcō brūcīs
vocative brūce brūcī
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: brugo, ⇒ bruga
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Gallo-Italic:
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:

Forms influenced by brŏccus:

References
  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “brūcus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 1: A–B, page 558

Etymology 2

Noun

brūcus m (genitive brūcī); second declension

  1. Alternative form of brūchus (“a kind of wingless locust”)

References

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