rocca

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Italian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin rocca, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

rocca f (plural rocche)

  1. fortress, stronghold
  2. rock
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From the older form rocca, from Gothic rukka, 𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌺𐌰 (rukka), from Proto-Germanic *rukkô, compare Old High German rocko.[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

rocca f (plural rocche)

  1. distaff (a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it)

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 rocca in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 110

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Of unknown origin; likely a loanword from a non-Indo-European substrate language. First attested in a document from France dating to 767 CE.

Noun[edit]

rocca f (genitive roccae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. rock

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rocca roccae
Genitive roccae roccārum
Dative roccae roccīs
Accusative roccam roccās
Ablative roccā roccīs
Vocative rocca roccae

Descendants[edit]

  • Balkan Romance:
    • ⇒? Aromanian: arocut
  • Italo-Romance:
  • North Italian:
  • Gallo-Romance:

References[edit]

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