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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
- to weed, clear of weeds
- to weed out, thin out, root up
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
Numerous forms reflect prefixation with ad-.
- Balkan Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- 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.
- ^ 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