berço

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Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French berceau,[1][2] ultimately from Vulgar Latin berciolum, diminutive of *bertium, from Gaulish *berta, from Proto-Celtic *bertā, variant of *bereti (to carry).

Compare Old Irish bert (bundle). Cognate with Catalan bressol.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ber‧ço

Noun

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berço m (plural berços)

  1. cradle, crib
  2. (figuratively) birthplace
  3. (historical, weaponry) a type of short cannon
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References

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  1. ^ berço”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ berço”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024

Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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berço

  1. first-person singular present indicative of berçar