laverco
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Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown. Perhaps related to Late Latin levaricinus, a fish name attested by Polemius Silvius; whence French lavaret and Portuguese lavareto.[1] The current form has been probably influenced by laverca (“lark”).[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
laverco f (plural lavercos)
References[edit]
- ^ Adams, J.N. (2007). The regional diversification of Latin, 200 BC-AD 600. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 296. →ISBN.
- ^ Cf. also Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “laverca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading[edit]
- “laverco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “lavaret”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.