roncin

French

Etymology

From Old French roncin

Noun

roncin m (plural roncins)

1. workhorse (horse)

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Old French

Alternative forms

• rouncie (Anglo-Norman)
• runci (Anglo-Norman)
• runcin (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

Probably of Germanic origin, from Old High German hros, ros (“horse”), from Proto-Germanic *hrussą.

Noun

roncin oblique singular, m (oblique plural roncins, nominative singular roncins, nominative plural roncin)

1. stallion (horse)

References

• Template:R:ine:Roberts
• Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “roncin”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati