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Latin
Etymology
Unknown, probably Celtic or from a Pre-Celtic substrate,[1] perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *tewk- (“to swell; fat”).[2][3] Cognate of Umbrian toco (“liquid lard”) and Gaulish tuccus (“back”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tucca f (genitive tuccae); first declension[2]
- some kind of sauce[4] or broth, possibly liquid lard
Usage notes
This word appears in the Latin–Greek glossary of Pseudo-Philoxenus with the Greek gloss κατάχυμα ζωμοῦ (katákhuma zōmoû, “lard sauce”).[5]
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References
- ^ Sereni, Emilio (1997) “Vita e tecniche forestali nella Liguria antica”, in Annali dell’Istituto «Alcide Cervi» (in Italian), volume 19, page 131, note 318
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “tucca”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 713
- ^ Fleuriot, Léon (1991) “Celtoromanica in the Light of the Newly Discovered Celtic Inscriptions”, in Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie, volume 44, number 1, →DOI, page 14
- ^ Nettleship, Henry (1889) Contributions to Latin Lexicography. Oxford, Clarendon Press, page 602
- ^ Charles Labbé, editor (1679), Cyrilli, Philoxeni, aliorumque veterum Glossaria latino-graeca , Paris: Louis Billaine, page 188
- Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “tucca, tuccētum”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 706