rocín

See also: rocin and roçin

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese rocin (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), of uncertain origin; ultimately probably from Proto-Germanic *hrussą (“horse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈθiŋ/, (western) /roˈsiŋ/

Noun

rocín m (plural rocíns)

1. rowney, pack horse
   • 1458, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 357:

     foran en tomar aos mercadores e tauerneiros d'Arçúa et das Duas Casas viinte e hun roçín d'albardas con senos aparellos

     they went and took from the merchants and innkeepers of Arzúa and Dúas Casas twenty-one packsaddle rowneys with their respective tacks

References

• “rocin” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “rocín” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.* “rocín” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “rocín” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “rocín” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Spanish

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Possible etymologies include:

• Old Occitan roci, from Medieval Latin runcinus;
• Old High German ros (“horse”), from Proto-West Germanic *hross (“horse”);
• Italian rozzo (“rough”);
• French roncin (“stallion”).

Cognate with Portuguese rocim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /roˈθin/ [roˈθĩn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /roˈsin/ [roˈsĩn]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: ro‧cín

Noun

rocín m (plural rocines)

1. nag (an old, useless horse)

Further reading

• “rocín”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014