paranco

Italian

Alternative forms

• palanco (archaic)

Etymology

Uncertain, but probably from the older variant palanco or from palanca, from Vulgar Latin palanca, from Latin phalanga, from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx), or alternatively from a Vulgar Latin paranchus, palanchus.

Noun

paranco m (plural paranchi)

1. hoist

See also

• puleggia f
• carrucola f
• gru f

Descendants

• → French: palan
  • Vietnamese: pa lăng
• → Ottoman Turkish: پلانقه (palanka, “block-and-tackle”)
  • Turkish: palanga

Anagrams

• Caprona, Pancaro, carpano, parcano