Reconstruction:Latin/rencus

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

Nasalized borrowing of Gaulish *rekos, from Proto-Celtic *reketi (“to arrange”) (compare Old Irish adeirrig (“repeats, changes”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(H)rek- (“to set in order”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrenks/

Noun

*rencus m (oblique *rencum); second declension (Proto-Gallo-Romance)

1. row
2. order, rank

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/ˈrenks/	*/ˈrenk/
oblique	*/ˈrenk/	*/ˈrenks/

Descendants

• Franco-Provençal: rang, ran
• Old French: renc, reng, renk, renge, renke, range
  • Middle French: ranc, reng, rang
    • French: rang
      • → Dutch: rang
      • → Spanish: rango
  • → Middle English: rank, raunge, range, renge, renk
    • Scots: raing
    • English: range; rank
  • ⇒ Old French: rengier, rangier (1190, France)
    • Middle French: rengier, renger
      • French ranger
        • → Spanish: arranchar
          • Spanish: rancharse
            • Spanish: rancho
              • → English: ranch
    • → Middle English: rangen, raungen
      • Scots: raing
      • English: rank
    • ⇒ Old French: arengier, arrangier, enrenger
      • Middle French: arrengier, arengier
        • French arranger
          • → German arrangieren
      • → Middle English: arengen, arrangen
        • English arrange
      • → Galician: arranxar (1370, "arrenjar")
• Old Occitan: renc, reng, rang
  • Old Catalan: renc
    • Catalan: reng
    • →? Galician: renque, rengue
    • →? Portuguese: renque
  • Occitan: renc